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Payne, Thomas

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“…39 By contrast, Payne has claimed that the alleged consensus views generic fascism as a phenomenon primarily of interwar Europe which constituted a particular genus of revolutionary mass politics, one of the most extreme forms of nationalism with an ideology of its own, developing a relatively unique public style which emphasised mass emotion and symbolic action, championing hierarchy and authoritarian politics, with a distinctive doctrine of political violence and war. 40 At least with regard to the relationship between ideology, style and organisation, the consensus seems to be illusionary. Even among experts like Griffin, Eatwell and Payne, no broad agreement on the central features of fascism has emerged.…”

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A New Consensus? Recent Research on Fascism in Europe, 1918–1945*

Bauerkämper

2006

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The article surveys historical research on European fascism since the 1980s. On the basis of some general considerations on the fruitfulness of theories of fascism as well as on the exhaustive controversies about the ‘nature’ of the phenomenon, the contribution provides an overview and evaluation of recent scholarship on the ideology, dynamics and style of fascist movements and regimes. Moreover, fascism’s ambivalent relationship to modernity receives attention. Altogether, the author argues that concepts and ideal types of fascism are to be considered heuristic devices which should integrate the fascist actors, their world‐views, interpretations and appropriations of ‘reality’. Conceptualisations of fascism should also avoid the pitfall of plastering over the ambivalence of reactionary and radical aspirations on the part of the fascists and the ambiguity rooted in their efforts to achieve a national renewal by supporting universal fascism.

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Section: Fascist Ideologymentioning

confidence: 99%

A New Consensus? Recent Research on Fascism in Europe, 1918–1945*

Bauerkämper

2006

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A New Consensus? Recent Research on Fascism in Europe, 1918–1945*

A New Consensus? Recent Research on Fascism in Europe, 1918–1945*

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