The political economy of neoliberal fascism: designing alternatives to contemporary barbarism

Alfredo Saad-Filho ()

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2025, vol. 45, issue 4, 721-737

Abstract: This article examines liberal and Marxist analyses of fascism, critically delineatesdebates about the “return of fascism,” and considers whether fascism can emerge repeatedlyover time and in different political and geographical contexts. InterdisciplinaryMarxist analyses are generally best placed to interpret the rise of fascism because of their materialistbasis and their interdisciplinary and integrative approach, bringing together conceptsand arguments from economics, politics, sociology, international relations, and geography.This interdisciplinary and historically well-founded basis allows us to suggest that aspecific form of neoliberal fascism is emerging today, in the context of the systemic crisis ofneoliberalism as a dominant system of accumulation. JEL Classification: F62; O11; P10.

Keywords: Fascism; Marxism; neoliberal fascism; democracy; neoliberalism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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