TY - GEN AU - Cohen, Richard A., AU - Marci, Tito, AU - Scuccimarra, Luca, CN - D863 DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-75957-5 DO - doi ID - 1438996 KW - World politics KW - Democracy KW - Nationalism. KW - Political violence. KW - Politique mondiale KW - Nationalisme. KW - Violence politique. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-75957-5 N1 - The peculiarity of fascist politics, in contrast, is that in rejecting justice it rejects time altogether, preferring a delirious sensationalist or occasionalist present oblivious to history. Chapter 8: 'What is Radically Wrong?' by Tito MarciThe paper analyses the issue of Radicalism in a contemporary context through a sociological perspective that involves a critique of the economic idea of exchange. On the basis of this critique, the paper will try to show how the concept of Radicalism takes its current meaning in relation to the cultural and political assets that have become predominant in western modern and global contemporary societies. From a certain point of view, we can state that, to some extent, the social phenomena of political, religious, or cultural radicalization of individuals or groups could be also considered as an effect (a product of) or as a form of reaction to the radicalization of the economic exchange as absolute paradigm of social integration. Chapter 9: 'Totalitarian, State, and Civil Society: The Case of Hong Kong' by Kwok-kui WongThis paper begins by arguing that the biggest threat of totalitarianism to Hong Kong is the undermining or even destruction of the mutual trust among the people in civil society. It then shows that totalitarianism, communism in particular, is a form of nihilism in the Nietzschean sense that 'the highest value devalues itself, the question 'why?' finds no answer, ' invoking texts by Karl Marx, Sergey Nechaev and Hannah Arendt to argue this point. It then analyses how these processes of ... N1 - Includes index. SN - 9783030759575 SN - 3030759571 T1 - The politics of humanity :justice and power / TI - The politics of humanity :justice and power / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-75957-5 ER -