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António Salazar

October 9, 2026

🌊 Authoritarian nostalgia: Franco, Salazar and the ghosts of the contemporary far right

Luca Manucci A fascist zeitgeist has replaced the populist one. Luca Manucci explains how, to attract voters, the contemporary far right exploits a widespread saudade for the authoritarian past. The firewall has fallen, the stigma has gone, and the Iberian countries are no longer ‘exceptional’ Read more
August 6, 2021

🌊 Back to the future: illiberal democracy feeds on fascist ghosts

Luca Manucci Luca Manucci, in a panoramic survey of the rise of illiberalism in our times, argues that this trend is feeding on authoritarian historical legacies and memories which are being rewritten before our eyes. It is an exercise all democrats should challenge, and resist Read more

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