Fascism

Fascism, as a historical phenomenon is still a matter of debate and political ardor. Due to the vitality of the fascist ideas their in-depth study is necessary to prevent their resurgence. Studying the formation of National Socialism in Germany, we have an opportunity trace the ways and means of forming a fascist totalitarian dictatorship, which is very important and topical today, when nationalism, chauvinism and violence keep showing up and raising their heads. It is necessary to constantly…

the government that Mussolini was the greatest leader from 1920 to 1939. Fascism has been a major type of political movement that has been in our media and news for the last 90 years. This term was coined by Benito Mussolini to describe his particular political movement. He started this movement in 1919, the theory behind it was to be able to evolve in response to popular Italian opinion. A strong point of the Mussolini fascism was to have propaganda that masked the social, economic, and…

I. Introduction Fascism was the complex political structure that transformed the world. As the technologies and fast paced 21st century world transcends on society, fears resonate among the public similar to those of the 20th century. The fear of the unknown remains despite the amount of time passed. With the onset of Socialism, Communism, Fascism, Democracy, and the terrors of the World Wars governing the world in the 20th century the unfamiliar and unpredictable fate of the 21st century…

Historically this period has been defined by authoritarian Fascism and Nazism. In fact, Gino Germani a professor at the University of Buenos Aires hypothesizes that the structural tension inherent in all modern society between growing secularization and the necessity of maintaining a nationalist centred government was sufficient for the integration of causal factor in modern authoritarian trends. In Germani’s book Authoritarianism, Fascism, and National Populism, his main argument is that…

The interwar years in Europe was the perfect environment for Communism, Fascism and Nazism to come to fruition, as a result of growing resentment and unhealed wounds from World War One. Dictators took power because of the failure of capitalistic and liberal ideologies. The rise of Communism, fascism and Nazism occurred under the respective leadership of Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler. These individuals had differing approaches to accomplish their goals. But gist of their ideas…

Hitler. This new political ideology was named fascism by Mussolini, and according to him, was different than all ideologies before it; he lists in The Doctrine of Fascism ideologies such as socialism and democracy that fascism specifically opposes. Both Mussolini and Hitler rejected most ideologies that came before them, with both changing the systems in place in their respective nations of Italy and Germany. Despite Mussolini incessantly stating that fascism was new, it was not entirely…

Rebecca Szabo Exam #1 Nazi Party Versus Fascism There are many similarities and differences between Italian fascism and German Nazism that has both positively and negatively affected history that Kershaw highlights in To Hell and Back as well as our class discussions. Beginning with some differences, one of the most profound and key differences between Nazism and fascism is their differing views on race, racism, and racial superiority. Kershaw focuses much of his book on the explosion of ethnic…

Fascism was founded in Italy by the famous dictator Benito Mussolini. After World War I Italy was angry because despite being on the victorious side they did not benefit from the Treaty of Versailles. Mussolini promised that he would bring Italy glory in the form of a strong government. Instead of bringing a strong government he promised, Mussolini brought a totalitarian form of government. A totalitarian form of government is a government that aims to control the political, economic, social,…

organization by any means, as they’ve been around for nearly 100 years to this day. In the 1920’s and 1930’s many left leaning groups -communist, socialists, anarchist- started to organize to combat the fascist regimes on the rise in Italy and Germany. Fascism is a dictatorial government that controls all aspects of its people’s life, and puts emphasis on Nation, and often race. Opposition is not allowed to exist (3). As fascists began to consistently harass their left-wing opponents with…

Was The Treaty of Versailles responsible for the rise of Fascism? In 1919, Germany signed The Treaty of Versailles in Paris Conference which was officially ended World War I. However, the peace of the world was not the target of Paris Conference, it is just a new method for victorious powers’ to plunder. The Treaty of Versailles limited German armies, forced German to pay a huge reparation and striped a large area of German’s territory. The citizens in Germany absolutely didn't want the…