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The Behind The Bastards podcast has just finished a special run called Behind The Insurrections where they examine how various fascist movements came to power.
by hansjorg 6y ago
The Behind The Bastards podcast has just finished a special run called Behind The Insurrections where they examine how various fascist movements came to power.
They briefly discuss Eco's essay before delving into quite detailed accounts of various insurrections.
The series has episodes on The Beer Hall Putsch, The March on Rome, The Spanish Civil War (with the usual caveats about Franco being a fascist or not) and the assault on the French national assembly in 1934.
The historical parallels, while perhaps a tad exaggerated by the hosts, are quite interesting.
https://youtu.be/erbyCO6QcX8 https://youtu.be/erbyCO6QcX8
- DenisM 6y agoAnd that is what I came here for! Thank you. In case you are not aware of it, the podcast Revolutions by Mike Dunkan is a great way to learn about, well, revolutions.
- Balgair 6y agoDuncan also did 'The History of Rome' podcast. Which was amazing. I'm still grinding through 'Revolutions' and am only on the Haitian revolution still. But, this early on, one thing I've noticed is that the cycle of revolutions is, well, pretty easy to predict. Brett Deveraux of the ACOUP blog has a good few on the greek idea of stasis. https://acoup.blog/tag/stasis/ https://acoup.blog/tag/stasis/ . It's application to Duncan's 'Revolutions' is perfectly fitting. One other thing I've noticed is that in a Revolution, unless you are very wealthy or very lucky or very cunning, the best way to get through a revolution is to get out of it. Go somewhere else, be an expat, write some essays, just don't be anywhere near the mobs or the soldiers.