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This provocative and original look at current trends in the United States presents a grim forecast of a possible totalitarian future. The author shows how the chronic problems faced by the U.S. in the late twentieth century require increasing collusions between Big Business and Big Government in order to 'manage' society in the interests of the rich and powerful.
This "friendly fascism," Gross argues, will probably lack the dictatorships, public spectacles and overt brutality of the classic varieties of Germany, Italy and Japan, but has at its root the same denial of individual freedoms and democratic rights. No one who cares about the future of democracy can afford to ignore the frightening possibilities of Friendly Fascism.
A strikingly prescient book for a Trump era.
- Sales Rank: #684976 in Books
- Brand: Brand: Black Rose Books
- Published on: 1990-03-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.93" h x 1.07" w x 5.97" l, 1.40 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 410 pages
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At a time of escalating political uncertainty, when the forces of totalitarianism threaten once more to crawl out of the American woodwork, Friendly Fascism is a powerful tool- better yet, a weapon- that can help us avert a distinctly unfriendly future. - Alvin Toffler First-rate...a fascinating, provocative job. Bertram Gross has written an important book, and it deserves the widest possible audiences. - Michael Harrington This is the best thing I've ever seen on how America might go fascist democratically. Friendly Fascism offers a very clear exposition of where America is, and how we got there. - William Shirer
About the Author
Bertram Myron Gross (1912 in Philadelphia - March 12, 1997 in Walnut Creek, California) was an American social scientist, Federal bureaucrat and Professor of Political Science at Hunter College (CUNY). He is known from his book 'Friendly Fascism' from 1980 and as primary author of the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act. Gross was born in Philadelphia. He received his B.A. in English and Philosophy, and his M.A. in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania. In the late 1940s, he started as a federal bureaucrat in Washington. From 1941 to 1945 he was a staff member of a number of Senate committees. Here he wrote the Roosevelt-Truman full employment bills of 1944 and 1945, which led to the Employment Act of 1946. From 1946 to 1952 he was executive secretary of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. In the 1950s, he moved with his family to Israel, where he served as an economic advisor in the Prime Minister's Office and as a Visiting Professor at the Hebrew University, where he established their program in Public Administration. He returned to the United States in the 1960s and joined the faculty of Syracuse University in the Maxwell School. In 1961-62, he was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto; and, in 1962-63, he was the Leatherbee Lecturer at the Harvard Business School. In 1970, Bertram Gross was president of the Society for General Systems Research. From 1970 to 1982 he was Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Urban Affairs at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center.
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20 of 24 people found the following review helpful.
November 2016 - Timely as Heck
By Sheryl L. Katz
Is it surprising that this obscure book is suddenly number two in sales in its category as this review is being written one week after the election of Donald Trump?
Fascism is a loaded word, and this book, "Friendly Fascism" attempts to analyze the fascist currents in modern democracies with some degree of scholarly removal so that we can look rationally at the state of our society. Gross was showing how many elements of Fascism were firmly embedded in American Society in the 1980s. While the historical context of the book is not up to date, the analysis is still very relevant. The book gives the reader some understanding of Fascism and its history, so that the reader can identify and resist the Fascism of corporativism. If one were to apply Gross's analysis one might say that the election of Trump was not the election of a potential Fascist to turn American Society Fascist. Instead, the dissatisfaction that led to Trump's election was probably driven by deep dissatisfaction with economic hardship and income inequality that to some extent was a result of fascistic elements already present in our country.
For those of us struggling to come to grips with what is happening in the US, this book is illuminating and well worth reading. I have found it compelling. The ideas in it are not new to me - they have been picked up by other, later, writers like Chris Hedges. But the historical context on the whole is quite good, and for me I felt that it did - oddly - give me some comfort.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
The Bewildering Truth
By Alex
American Fascism will not necessarily come wrapped in a cross, a hammer or a death's head. It will not be promoted by single agency or a single leader. It will arise organically from numerous interlocking institutions and, really, we may not even notice it. Visions of millitary dictatorships and police states in which millions of citizens are systematically harassed are not likely to materialize. As Gross says, the average German under Hitler did not worry about a visit from the gestapo. The average German was glad to have work and bread. Equating Nazim with fascism is a bad idea. Fascism does not need to be racist, religious or even nationalistic; Mussolini's party claimed nearly 5,000 Jewish members, many of them high ranking and well respected. Yes, there were some rabid antisemites, but one must remember how prevalent antisemitism was in Europe and the United States at the time. Corporatism, the close collobration of government and business, is the hallmark of fascism. To think of it in other terms tends to mislead. Brutality, bigotry and tyranny existed before the black shirts.
Fascism endures because it is a political representation of basic human wishes. It is, in Gross's words, "the adaptive hydra." The same can be said for demoracy's promise of freedom and socialism's promise of equality, but these are both airy ideals compared to "blood and soil" or "empire" or "law and order." Nationalism is concrete, selfish and sincere. It is based rooted in fear and the need for self-esteem. Freedom and equality seem ambigious and pointless by comparison. Fascism appeals to human beings on an emotional level. Gross's vision poignant and perhaps inevitable. Yet we can never know what the future holds. It is an old book with a few dated ideas (like the continuation of the Cold War into the 90's and 2000's) but it is more relevant than ever.
This is not an easy read and one should approach it with some background knowledge of classic fascism, business, mass media and political science. It is not an absolutely unavoidable fate, but it seems very probable. Nevertheless, neither I nor anyone else can accurately predict the effects of advanced technologies of the future will have upon our species. This is a book about America, but it is applicable to any sufficently advanced democracy. I doubt censorship will be a character of the new fascism; the problem is not the lack of quality information or an abundance of misinformation, but the apathy and organizational ineptitude of the general public. Life is good in America. It's likely to remain good. Huxley's Brave New World seems a more likely future than Orwell's 1984.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
dystopian corpocracy/corporate society
By IronGaspar
This book is a little dense in some parts and even though the editor did a good job I think he could've done better. Still, it's an interesting read, especially because of the corporate Propaganda themes, its lobbies and strong ties with the government.
The book is a great source to feel and understand the zeitgeist due to it was first published almost 30 years ago. The author was an insider in the government during those days, so thanks to that, we also get a pretty good context and descriptions of that time.
If I could describe the book then I would say it's a dystopian mix of Orwell and Huxley, but with the Corporation as "villain" instead of the Government. But at the end of the book and in a kind of pessimistic/realistic way, the author gives us a little hope describing some trends that could save the day.
Bertram thinks it's going to be difficult to fight against this "faceless oligarchy" because the average joe will be prey of the creeping normalcy bias (and brainwashed) and that the more prepared, informed citizens (and even the dissidents) will be reduced, deceived and deflected by a co-optation strategy.
There is no doubt that the author was right in some trends, behaviors and descriptions of today, but I think that he was very influenced by the mood and worries of his time, so some of his analysis don't apply anymore or were wrong. Nonetheless, some of his warnings have much relevance today and should be considered.
The positive things he sees (and not without a lack of buts) are the communications technologies, the "humankind’s long history of resistance to unjustified privilege" and the growing proliferation of community and civil groups.
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