US liberals also warn of creeping fascism; they also don't seem to understand what it is. In fact, in US political discourse, liberal and "left" are used interchangeably. It's no wonder a country with two right-wing parties (and essentially no other political ideology represented in the government) has a difficult time defining fascism, the end-state of capitalism.
"European fascism has had clear markers, three being white supremacy and Christian nationalism, and, of course, charismatic leadership".
Can't finish the article, completely wrong piece.
"White supremacy" is just not a concept in actual European fascism.
As to Christian nationalism being a marker of European fascism, how is it possible that it is the case when out of the 3 big fascist cases (Mussolini, Hitler, Franco) 2 were virulently anti-Church and anti Christianity in the Nietzschean sense?
The other book, which is somewhat more controversial than Payne, is Nolte's Three Faces of Fascism. It's kind of controversial because
1) Phenomenology is really out of style as a way of doing history
2) It analyses fascist movements within their own language/stated goals.
If you identify Nazis more closely with Italian Fascists than with Soviet Communism/Stalinism then this is the book that kind of mainstreamed that view.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 25.3 ms ] threadSounds fascii to me.
Can't finish the article, completely wrong piece.
"White supremacy" is just not a concept in actual European fascism.
As to Christian nationalism being a marker of European fascism, how is it possible that it is the case when out of the 3 big fascist cases (Mussolini, Hitler, Franco) 2 were virulently anti-Church and anti Christianity in the Nietzschean sense?
1) Phenomenology is really out of style as a way of doing history
2) It analyses fascist movements within their own language/stated goals.
If you identify Nazis more closely with Italian Fascists than with Soviet Communism/Stalinism then this is the book that kind of mainstreamed that view.