Fascism here and now
About the exhibition
The TAXISPALAIS has a well-established practice of workshops in which the director and curator shares and discusses excerpts from her reading for the exhibitions with the audience. Drawing on this practice and in view of the current situation worldwide and in Austria, these workshops will from now on address the following topic in cooperation with the Faculty of Philosophy and History at the University of Innsbruck: Fascism here and now. In this long-term project, we invite all those interested to join us in examining theories of fascism in order to be able to react to our present moment more adequately.
These workshops are led by different people on an irregular basis. Prior knowledge is not required for the workshop, and active participation is voluntary. Contribution fee 2€.
In cooperation with the Faculty of Philosophy and History, University of Innsbruck.
October 24, 2024, 6pm: Fascism here and now with Andreas Oberprantacher and Nina Tabassomi The series was be kicked off by the organizers themselves: Andreas Oberprantacher (Professor of Philosophy, University of Innsbruck), who presented and discussed a short excerpt from Jason Stanley’s book How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them, now available in German, and Nina Tabassomi (Director TAXISPALAIS), who presented and discussed a passage from Late Fascism: Race, Capitalism and the Politics of Crisis by Alberto Toscano.
December 19, 2024, 6pm: Fascism here and now with Andreas Oberprantacher and Nina Tabassomi This time led by the organizers themselves: Andreas Oberprantacher (Professor of Philosophy, University of Innsbruck), who presented and discussed the essay Neoliberalism’s Frankenstein: Authoritarian Freedom in Twenty-First Century “Democracies” by Wendy Brown, and Nina Tabassomi (Director TAXISPALAIS), who presented and discussed a passage from Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein.
March 21, 2025, 3pm: Fascism here and now with Dirk Rupnow, Andreas Oberprantacher and Nina Tabassomi This time with Dirk Rupnow (Professor of Contemporary History / Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and History, University of Innsbruck), who presented and discussed a passage from Fascism and Populism by Antonio Scurati, and the organizers themselves: Andreas Oberprantacher (Professor of Philosophy, University of Innsbruck) and Nina Tabassomi (Director TAXISPALAIS), who presented and discussed an excerpt from Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet – and What We Can Do About It by Nancy Fraser.
May 23, 2025, 4pm: Fascism here and now with Andreas Oberprantacher and Nina Tabassomi This time led by the organizers themselves: Andreas Oberprantacher (Professor of Philosophy, University of Innsbruck) and Nina Tabassomi (Director TAXISPALAIS) presented and discussed excerpts from Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen and Gaza Faces History by Enzo Traverso.
August 5, 2025, 4:30pm: Fascism here and now with Andreas Oberprantacher and Nina Tabassomi This time led by the organizers themselves: Andreas Oberprantacher (Professor of Philosophy, University of Innsbruck) and Nina Tabassomi (Director TAXISPALAIS) will present and discuss excerpts from Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship by Hannah Arendt and Aspects of the New Right-Wing Extremism by Theodor W. Adorno.
September 25, 2025, 5:00pm: Fascism here and now with Andreas Oberprantacher and Nina Tabassomi This workshop, led by Andreas Oberprantacher (Professor of Philosophy, University of Innsbruck) and Nina Tabassomi (Director TAXISPALAIS), will discuss the books Against White Feminism by Rafia Zakaria and The New Fascist Body by Dagmar Herzog.
