Fascism: A Very Short IntroductionWhat is fascism? Is it revolutionary? Or is it reactionary? This book argues that it is both: fascism unleashes violence against the left and ethnic minorities, but also condemns the bourgeoisie for its 'softness'. Kevin Passmore opens his book with a series of 'scenes from fascist life' - a secret meeting of the Romanian Iron Guard; Mussolini meeting the king of Italy; a rally of Hungarian doctors calling for restrictions on the number of Jews entering the profession; the shooting of 1800 Jews by Reserve Police Battalion 101 at Jozefow in Poland in July 1942. He then looks at the paradoxes of fascism through its origins in the political and social crisis of the late nineteenth century, the history of fascist movements and regimes in Italy and Germany, and the fortunes of 'failed' fascist movements in Romania, Hungary and Spain. He shows how fascism used and uses propaganda and popular culture to propagate itself and how it exported its ideas outside Europe, through Nazi and Spanish post-war escape routes to Latin America, for instance. The book concludes with a discussion of the recent revival of the extreme right in Austria, Italy, France, and Russia. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. |
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... FRENCH REVOLUTION William Doyle FREUD Anthony Storr GALILEO Stillman Drake GANDHI Bhikhu Parekh HEGEL Peter Singer HEIDEGGER Michael Inwood HINDUISM Kim Knott HISTORY John H. Arnold HOBBES Richard Tuck HUME A.J. Ayer INDIAN PHILOSOPHY ...
... FRENCH REVOLUTION William Doyle FREUD Anthony Storr GALILEO Stillman Drake GANDHI Bhikhu Parekh HEGEL Peter Singer HEIDEGGER Michael Inwood HINDUISM Kim Knott HISTORY John H. Arnold HOBBES Richard Tuck HUME A.J. Ayer INDIAN PHILOSOPHY ...
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... French workers triggered a veritable manhunt against the unlucky migrants. The next morning, the police escorted as ... French and immigrant workers were common during this period, though not usually mortal. Antipathy to foreign workers ...
... French workers triggered a veritable manhunt against the unlucky migrants. The next morning, the police escorted as ... French and immigrant workers were common during this period, though not usually mortal. Antipathy to foreign workers ...
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... French peasantry with the national soil. From the top of the Tour de Constance the hero of Le Jardin de Bérénice is able to see the vastness of the French countryside. He communicates with France's medieval past, and realizes that he ...
... French peasantry with the national soil. From the top of the Tour de Constance the hero of Le Jardin de Bérénice is able to see the vastness of the French countryside. He communicates with France's medieval past, and realizes that he ...
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... French ambassador remembered that he spoke with the air of a beaten child. His voice choking with emotion, Wels concluded by expressing best wishes to those already filling concentration camps and prisons. Hitler, who'd been feverishly ...
... French ambassador remembered that he spoke with the air of a beaten child. His voice choking with emotion, Wels concluded by expressing best wishes to those already filling concentration camps and prisons. Hitler, who'd been feverishly ...
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Contents
Fascism before fascism? | |
making history with the fist | |
the racial state | |
Fascisms and conservatisms in the early 20th century | |
Phoenix from the ashes? | |
Fascism nation and race | |
Fascism and gender | |
Fascism and class | |
Fascism and | |
References | |
Index | |
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