The Fascism Reader is a fascinating and wide-ranging introduction to the complex nature, limits, aspects and dynamics of Fascism as both ideology and practice. The book draws together classic and recent interpretations to trace the development of generic fascism. Exploring fascism in all its manifestations, this book discusses notorious examples such as Hitler's Germany, Mussolini's Italy and Franco's Spain, as well as less familiar regimes including Horthy in Hungary, Salazar's dictatorship in Portugal and the British Union of Fascists. The Fascism Reader explores all the key aspects of fascism including: - the essence and limitations of generic fascism - the intellectual and ideological dimensions of fascism - regimes of fascism as particular models of the exercise of power - fascism and society - from anti-semitism to fascist attitudes to women.
Edited by:
Aristotle A. Kallis (Lancaster University UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 962g
ISBN: 9780415243599
ISBN 10: 0415243599
Series: Routledge Readers in History
Pages: 544
Publication Date: 05 December 2002
Audience:
College/higher education
,
A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction: Fascism in Historiography Part 1: Generic Fascism: The Search for Definitions and Explanations 1. Fascism – A 'Generic' Concept? 2. What Produces Fascism? Part 2: Fascist Movements: Ideology and Variations 3. Fascist Ideology – The Quest for the 'Fascist Minimum' 4. Varieties of Fascist Movements Part 3: The 'Regime-Model' of Fascism 5. Techniques of Fascist Rule – The Exercise of Power by the 'Regime-Model' of Fascism 6. Fascism and Anti-Semitism Part 4: Societal Attitudes to Fascism: Support, Conformity, Opposition and Resistance 7. Society and Attitudes to Fascism – Support, Conformity and Resistance 8. Fascism and Social Elites – Complicity and Antagonism
Reviews for The Fascism Reader
If anyone had doubts about the impossibility of defining fascism, Aristotle Kallis's massive and comprehensive anthology reveals the Sisyphean nature of the task. He provided the best and most comprehensive presentation of fascism in all its complexities. That is no small achievement. -Alaxander De Grand, North Carolina State University, Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 2004
