Comparative fascist studies : new perspectives / ed. by Constantin Iordachi

"Owing to its mass appeal, revolutionary and violent nature, strong political impact, and multiple reverberations in contemporary politics, fascism was one of the most complex, and hotly debated movements of the twentieth century. Comparative Fascist Studies: New Perspectives brings together so...

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Other Authors:Iordachi, Constantin (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:London [u.a.] : Routledge, 2010
Edition:1. publ
Series:Rewriting histories
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Online Access:Book review (H-Net)
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pt. I. Defining generic fascism : a new consensus?. Fascism / Zeev Sternhell
Toward a general theory of fascism / George L Mosse
Fascism : a working definition / Stanley G. Payne
Fascism : general introduction / Roger Griffin
The primacy of culture : the current growth (or manufacture) of consensus within fascist studies / Roger Griffin
The nature of 'generic fascism' : the 'fascist minimum' and the 'fascist matrix' / Roger Eatwell
pt. II. Historical fascism : cross-national comparisons. The five stages of fascism / Robert O. Paxton
Fascists / Michael Mann
The 'regime-model' of fascism : a typology / Aristotle A. Kallis
Hitler and the uniqueness of Nazism / Ian Kershaw
pt. III. Fascism as totalitarianism and political religion. The sacralisation of politics : definitions, interpretations, and reflections on the question of secular religion and totalitarianism / Emilio Gentile
Cloister or cluster? The implications of Emilio Gentile's ecumenical theory of political religion for the study of extremism / Roger Griffin
Nazism and the revival of political religion theory / Richard Steigmann-Gall
God's chosen warriors : romantic palingenesis, militarism and fascism in modern Romania / Constantin Iordachi.