BU Historian Quinn Slobodian’s New Book Traces the Rise of Today’s Far-Right Movement
In his new and widely praised book, Boston University historian Quinn Slobodian charts the rise of the modern far right from the ashes of the Cold War—and details what he calls the bait and switch at its heart. In Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right (Zone Books, 2025), the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies professor of international history says populist politicians actually support the post–Cold War global capitalist system that many of their voters loathe. The New York Times calls the book “riveting,” complimenting Slobodian’s effort as an “illuminating history to our current bewildering moment.”
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