As the child of refugees of World War II Europe and a renowned philosopher and scholar of propaganda, Jason Stanley has a deep understanding of how democratic societies can be vulnerable to fascism: Nations don’t have to be fascist to suffer from fascist politics. In fact, fascism’s roots have been present in the United States for more than a century.

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Join us for an online conversation with Prof. Stanley about his latest book. In Erasing History, he exposes the danger of the authoritarian right's attacks on education, identifies their key tactics and funders, and traces their intellectual roots. Democracy requires a common understanding of reality, a shared view of what has happened, that informs ordinary citizens about what should happen. In the United States, democracy is under attack, but similar movements have found homes in the hearts and minds of people all across the globe. His work is a "searing confrontation with the far right's efforts to rewrite history and undo a century of progress on race, gender, sexuality, and class." It is global call to action for those who wish to preserve democracy - in America and abroad.

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Jason Stanley is an American philosopher who is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. He has accepted an appointment at the University of Toronto starting in fall 2025. He is the author of six books, including How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them and How Propaganda Works. Stanley is a member of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School and serves on the board of the Prison Policy Initiative. He writes frequently about authoritarianism, democracy, propaganda, free speech, and mass incarceration for outlets including the New York Times, The Guardian, the New Republic, and Project Syndicate. 

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