FascismJohn Wiley & Sons, 2018 M06 11 - 180 pages The word ‘fascism’ sometimes appears to have become a catch-all term of abuse, applicable to anyone on the political right, from Hitler to Donald Trump and from Putin to Thatcher. While some argue that it lacks any distinctive conceptual meaning at all, others have supplied highly elaborate definitions of its ‘essential’ features. It is therefore a concept that presents unique challenges for any student of political theory or history. |
Contents
Making Sense of Fascism Marxist and Early Liberal Approaches | |
A Working Definition Fascism as a Revolutionary Form | |
Interwar Fascism Permutations of Revolutionary Nationalism | |
NeoFascism Evolution Adaption Mutation | |
The failure of the postwar fascist party | |