What is Fascism? · Germanic Languages
A lot of historical context surrounding the WWII fascist movement in Italy, Germany, and Japan. Some psychology and theory exploring the concept of fascism. Fascism in the modern day, in Alt-right or "new right" groups.
I learned more about the history of Facism in Germany. I loved being able to read from so many different sources, broadening my perspectives on
a lot of perspective over the atrocities of the 20th century. and ways to see these play out in modern day politics
I got to read works from authors that I typically do not look at in the classroom. My class definitely was diversity in terms of race, age, etc and I think that allowed me a very different outlook at the topics than I'm used to.
I learned about historical concepts of fascism, the principles of how it begins, and how to identify fascist qualities outside of the classroom/class texts.
This class was excellent. It influenced many of my conversations this semester, I thought about it all the time, even in other classes, even in my dreams. overall 10/10 experience. I feel like I have definitely learned more in this class than in any other class I've ever taken. I didn't have any trouble picking up material previously having had no experience thinking about fascism or WWII or Germany. Professor Pfeifer is so cool and knowledgable and I would definitely recommend this class to anyone.
I recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn more about Facism.
I would recommend anyone that it curious to take this course.
I would recommend with the caveat that the course is lacking in its understanding of race/gender outside of whiteness. I am coming away with a solid understanding of the building blocks of fascism, meaning the course did its job, however, I would find this course far more valuable if there was a greater understanding of fascism in non-white nations.
Didn't think this course was very interesting, didn't create discussion