Fascism: a very short introduction
Fascism: A Very Short Introduction 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. It asks whether fascism is revolutionary or reactionary, and argues that it is both, since it unleashes violence against the left and ethnic minorities, but also condemns the bourgeoisie for its 's…
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- Full title :Fascism : a very short introduction / Kevin Passmore.
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Fascism: A Very Short Introduction 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. It asks whether fascism is revolutionary or reactionary, and argues that it is both, since it unleashes violence against the left and ethnic minorities, but also condemns the bourgeoisie for its 'softness'. It shows how fascism employs propaganda and popular culture to propagate itself and how it exported its ideas outside Europe.
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- Publication Date:©2014
- Edition:Second edition, 2014
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2014
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- Description:xiv, 162 pages : : illustrations ; : 18 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199685363, 0199685363
- oclc:ocn872702314
- LC Classification:JC481
- Dewey Decimal:320.533
Table of Contents
'A and not A': what is fascism? -- Fascism before fascism? -- Italy: 'making history with the fist' -- Germany: the racial state -- The diffusion of fascism -- Phoenix from the ashes? -- Fascism, nation, and race -- Fascism, women, and gender -- Fascism and class -- Fascism and us.
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