Why Fascists Hate Sociology (opinion)

The anti-sociology politicians are on to something in grasping the field’s power. Fascists hate sociology, and not without cause: Some of the discipline’s most basic lessons can impede the authoritarian control fascists aim to exert over the state, the economy and society as a whole. The extent to which the architects of fascism consciously grasp sociology’s threat isn’t clear, nor is it clear how much it matters.