| Federico Finchelstein | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Next to Fernando Vallespín and Mercedes Cabrera (June 2019) | |
| Born | 1975  Buenos Aires |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Historian, university teacher |
| Employer | |
Federico Finchelstein is an Argentine historian and chair of the history department at the New School for Social Research and is director of the Janey Program in Latin American Studies.
After receiving his undergraduate education at the University of Buenos Aires, he received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 2006. He has previously taught at Brown University.
Finchelstein is an expert on transatlantic Fascism and the modern history of Argentina. He has authored books on populism, Dirty Wars, the Holocaust and Jewish history in Latin America and Europe. He has been a commentator on politics in The Guardian and The New York Times, as well as other publications in Argentina and elsewhere.
Recent books
- Fascist Mythologies. Columbia University Press, New York 2022
- A Brief History of Fascist Lies (2020)
- From Fascism to Populism in History (2017)
- The Ideological Origins of the Dirty War: Fascism, Populism, and Dictatorship in Twentieth-Century Argentina (2014)
- Transatlantic Fascism: Ideology, Violence and the Sacred in Argentina and Italy, 1919–1945 (2010)
- The Wannabe Fascists (2024)
References
- Burack, Cristina (16 August 2017). "What are the links between US and German neo-Nazis?". Deutsche Welle.
- ^ Mazower, Mark (11 April 2018). "Fascism revisited? A warning about the rise of populism". Financial Times.