India's reputation is taking a big hit in the west in recent years Ft. Jason Stanley

This week on The Wire Talks our host Siddharth Bhatia interacts with Jason Stanley, American philosopher and professor at Yale university. The episode has our guest Jason decoding his book, How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them published in 2018.

During their conversation, Jason throws light on cultural wars in the nation's history leading to threat, minority being scapegoat, past of fascism, protest against fascism and more. He doles out examples from America and India, where he speaks about the rise and history of fascism. Further explains the idea of fascism, its proliferation thus making the democratic societies go weak in the knees.

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