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Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Ruth Ben-Ghiat in 2020
Born17 April 1960 Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationHistorian, university teacher, academic Edit this on Wikidata
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Websitehttps://ruthbenghiat.com/ Edit this on Wikidata

Ruth Ben-Ghiat is an American historian and cultural critic. She is a scholar on fascism and authoritarian leaders.[1] Ben-Ghiat is Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University.

Biography

Born in the United States to an Israel-born Sephardi father and a Scottish mother, she grew up in Pacific Palisades, California.[2][3] She graduated in History at UCLA and obtained a PhD in comparative history at Brandeis University. A member of the American Historical Association since 1990,[4] she is Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University.[5] She regularly writes for "CNN", The Atlantic and The Huffington Post.[6]

Works

  • Ben-Ghiat, Ruth (2001). Fascist Modernities: Italy, 1922–1945. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.[7]
  • Ben-Ghiat, Ruth (2015). Italian Fascism's Empire Cinema. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.[8]
  • Ben-Ghiat, Ruth (2020). Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present. W.W. Norton & Company.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

References

  1. ^ Kwong, Matt (5 June 2018). "Trump muses about pardoning himself. Experts on authoritarianism are horrified". CBC.
  2. ^ Alexander, Neta (2 April 2017). "The Mistake People Make Regarding Trump's Middle-of-the-night Tweets". Haaretz.
  3. ^ Blitzer, Jonathan (November 4, 2016). "A Scholar of Fascism Sees a Lot That's Familiar with Trump". The New Yorker.
  4. ^ Keough, Matthew (13 August 2014). "AHA Member Spotlight: Ruth Ben-Ghiat".
  5. ^ "Ruth Ben-Ghiat". NYU Arts & Science. New York University. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  6. ^ DeVega, Chauncey (12 June 2017). "Ruth Ben-Ghiat on how Trump is already using "fascist tactics"". Salon.
  7. ^ Zamponi, Simonetta Falasca (2002). "Ruth Ben Ghiat. Fascist Modernities: Italy, 1922–1945. (Studies on the History of Society and culture, number 42.) Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 2001. Pp. x, 317. $45.00". The American Historical Review. 107 (2): 653–654. doi:10.1086/ahr/107.2.653.
  8. ^ Landy, Marcia (2016). "Italian Fascism's Empire Cinema, by Ruth Ben-Ghiat". Quarterly Review of Film and Video. 33 (2): 176–180. doi:10.1080/10509208.2015.1109579. S2CID 191937183.
  9. ^ Lavin, Talia (December 24, 2020). "Corruption, violence and toxic masculinity: What strongmen like Trump have in common". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 26, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Fukuyama, Francis (2020-11-10). "Authoritarians From Mussolini to Trump". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  11. ^ Varadarajan, Tunku (2020-12-11). "'Strongmen' Review: Nostalgia, Virility and Power". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  12. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present by Ruth Ben-Ghiat. Norton, $28.95 (384p) ISBN 978-1-324-00154-6". Publishers Weekly. September 17, 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Kaiser, Charles (2020-11-26). "Strongmen review: a chilling history for one nation no longer under Trump". the Guardian. Retrieved 2020-12-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ Shribman, David M. (November 5, 2020). "Quite a cast of characters in Ruth Ben-Ghiat's 'Strongmen,' a brutal tour of the tyrannies of the last hundred years". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2020-12-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ Finchelstein, Federico (2020-11-03). "It's Already Happening Here". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved 2020-12-27.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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