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Print Price: $13.50

Format:
Paperback
176 pp.
12 b/w illustrations, 111 mm x 174 mm

ISBN-13:
9780199685363

Publication date:
May 2014

Imprint: OUP UK


Fascism

A Very Short Introduction, Second Edition

Kevin Passmore

Series : Very Short Introductions

What is fascism? Is it revolutionary? Or is it reactionary? Can it be both?

Fascism is notoriously hard to define. How do we make sense of an ideology that appeals to streetfighters and intellectuals alike? That is overtly macho in style, yet attracts many women? That calls for a return to tradition while maintaining a fascination with technology? And that preaches violence in the name of an ordered society?

In the new edition of this Very Short Introduction, Kevin Passmore brilliantly unravels the paradoxes of one of the most important phenomena in the modern world - tracing its origins in the intellectual, political, and social crises of the late nineteenth century, the rise of fascism following World War I, including fascist regimes in Italy and Germany, and the fortunes of "failed" fascist movements in Eastern Europe, Spain, and the Americas. He also considers fascism in culture, the new interest in transnational research, and the progress of the far right since 2002.


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Readership : Suitable for general readers and students interested in history and politics, in particular in Europe in the last two centuries.

1. 'A and not A': what is fascism?
2. Fascism before fascism?
3. Italy: 'making history with the fist'
4. Germany: the racial state
5. The diffusion of fascism
6. Phoenix from the ashes?
7. Fascism, nation, and race
8. Fascism, women, and gender
9. Fascism and class
10. Fascism and us
Further reading
Index

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Dr Kevin Passmore is a Reader in History at Cardiff University. His The Right in the Third Republic was published by OUP in November 2012. He has continued to publish widely on fascism since publication of the VSI in 2002, but has also written on the history of the social sciences and historical writing.

Fascism - Kevin Passmore
Ideology - Michael Freeden

Special Features

  • Succinct history of fascism, from its pre-First World War origins to the contemporary resurgence of the far right.
  • Draws on recent research on fascism, making sense of the highly complicated and various forms and ideas of fascism.
  • Coverage of eastern as well as western Europe.
  • Anchors the analysis in narrative history, making the complex ideas manageable.
  • Part of the bestselling Very Short Introduction series - over six million copies sold worldwide.
New to this Edition
  • Updated section on the importance of crowd psychology in fascism.
  • Includes a new chapter on fascism and culture.
  • Includes new findings on transnational research.
  • Traces the progress of the far right since 2002.
  • Updated further reading section.