Welcome to the Eric Mettaxas show with your host, Eric Mettaxas.

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Do you want to know what fascism was?

Have you ever asked?

What is fascism?

Well, there's a book.

It's called Fascism, the career of a concept written by Paul Gottfried.

Did you want to know what Antifa was?

What is anti-fascism, as they call it?

Well, I believe Antifa or anti-fascism is in fact fascism.

And Paul Gottfried has written a book titled, Anti-Fascism, the Course of a Crusade.

Who is Paul Gottfried? You wonder, I'll tell you. First of all, he's my guest for this hour.

He is the editor of Chronicles.

Some of you know that journal.

He's an American paleo-conservative philosopher-historian columnist.

He's a former Horace Raffensberger Professor of Humanities at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, as well as a Guggenheim recipient. Wow.

Dr. Gottfried, welcome to this program.

Thank you for having me on.

Well, it's a joy to have you on and to talk about your new book, Anti-Fascism.

You had to be aware that there's something funny about the idea that you've written a book

called Fascism, the Career of a Concept, followed by anti-fascism, the course of a crusade.

Tell us about that.

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