Comparative fascist studies
Subtitle: new perspectives
By: edited by Constantin Iordachi.
Contributors: Iordachi, Constantin.
Series: Rewriting histories
Publisher: Routledge; Brand: Routledge (an Imprint of the Taylor Francis Group)
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780415462211; 9780415462228
Subjects: Fascism -- Europe -- History -- 20th century; Fascism -- Study and teaching (Higher); Fascism -- Cross-cultural studies; Transnationalism -- Study and teaching (Higher); Europe -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945; Europe -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945 -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Description: "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 some of the leading experts in the field in order to provide an informative introduction to the most recent debates on fascist studies and the history of fascism across Europe. In his general, analytical introduction Constantin Iordachi focuses on transnational approaches to fascism, briefly reviewing the comparative method and its application to fascist studies. Concentrating on the interwar period, the book is divided into three parts, offering a synoptic overview of the latest developments in the field, exploring different definitions of fascism, and grounding these theoretical debates in their historical context. The three parts correspond to distinct methods and levels of comparison. They focus on: debates over ideal-type models of generic fascism used as instruments of comparison, and evaluation of historic case studies; cross-national and trans-national comparisons of historical examples of fascism, measured against each other or against theoretical models of generic fascism; and debates over totalitarianism and political religions and their relevance for studying fascist movements and regimes."--Publisher's description.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Defining generic fascism : a new consensus?; title: Fascism / Zeev Sternhell; title: Toward a general theory of fascism / George L Mosse; title: Introduction: Fascism : a working definition / Stanley G. Payne; title: Fascism : general introduction and the primacy of culture : the current growth (or manufacture) of consensus within fascist studies / Roger Griffin; title: Towards a new model of generic fascism / Roger Eatwell; title: pt. 2. Historical fascism : cross-national comparisons; title: The five stages of fascism / Robert O. Paxton; title: A sociology of fascist movements and conclusion : fascists, dead and alive / Michael Mann; title: The "regime-model" of fascism : a typology / Aristotle A. Kallis; title: Hitler and the uniqueness of Nazism / Ian Kershaw; title: pt. 3. Fascism as totalitarianism and political religion; title: The sacralisation of politics : definitions, interpretations, and reflections on the question of secular religion and totalitarianism / Emilio Gentile; title: Cloister or cluster? The implications of Emilio Gentile's ecumenical theory of political religion for the study of extremism / Roger Griffin; title: Nazism and the revival of political religion theory / Richard Steigmann-Gall; title: God's chosen warriors : romantic palingenesis, militarism, and fascism in modern Romania / Constantin Iordachi.