Fascism

Robert E. Webber addresses a very important important issue in the modern Christian era by asking, “Who gets to narrate the world?” He is pressing the fact that the majority of Christians have failed to realize the wholeness of scripture in regard to practicality and application to our everyday lives. He also addresses how modern Christians live in such a way that when people look at scripture, they perceive it as “my” redemption story instead of realizing the global and even universal impact of…

technology is at the origin of perception alterations, it is not the right object to blame for Buck-Morss. Following Benjamin’s dialectics in his essay about the artwork, Buck-Morss uses modern photography to get in present times the real dynamics under fascism. This happens because photography is able to capture what is hidden by Hitler’s aura, what is beyond the anaesthetic world created by the use of technology around him in that era: narcissism, the fantasy of the body as an invulnerable…

After the United States occupied many nations, a league was founded in 1899. Some even went against the American rule, which resulted in a 3-year war. Most went along with it and supported it, however, some were not pleased with the decision. They were against the ruling because they resisted expansion. They believed imperialism violated the first principles. The text states, reaffirm that all men, of whatever race or color, are entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The…

How does historical context—the decay of the old aristocratic order in Europe, the threat and onset of war—appear in Grand Illusion? In the film Boeldieu and Maréchal are French Aviators exploring sites of a blurred spot found on photographs from an earlier mission. Boeldieu comes from an upper-class life, and Maréchal is a working-class man. During this mission, they are shot down by the Germans and taken prisoner. Rauffenstein was one of my men who shot them down, and when they all return to…

also depicted through the English novelist George Orwell’s political satire “Nineteen Eighty Four”. “Nineteen Eighty Four” incorporates elements of Orwell’s world, particularly the rise and fall of Nazism, the rise of Stalinism, Totalitarianism and Fascism to depict…

While all this was happening, the Communist Party took on the role of the saviors of the people, aiding with resistance against fascism and the Japanese and providing relief during the famine. In order to establish themselves as being on the side of the peasants and the poor, the Communists spread their ideology using songs; the songs they wrote and used were successors to the swadeshi…

The Red Army faction (RAF), known as a far left militant group, was one of West Germany’s most prominent terrorist figures. After the Second World War, West Germany’s political system resulted in the imperialistic domination of economic and social hierarchy. With communist ideals, the RAF set out to revolutionise the state’s fascist social structure in a series of violent ordeals. From its forming in 1970 to its disbandment in 1998, the RAF was a crucial symbol for the new left, and an important…

When we look back at individuals that are commonly known to have shaped the course of history, we often think of grand names of political leaders and conquerors such as Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, etc. It is easy to map out the differences they have made in the world because they are usually physical, actually altered geographical borders. However, we often fail to acknowledge the effect that lesser known names have had on the history of mankind, through ideas and…

wars in all of history. WWII claimed millions of lives, cost billions of dollars, and spun the entire world upside down. While there were many different causes, three of them were the most significant including the Treaty of Versailles, the rise of Fascism and Nazism, and The Great Depression. The social, economic, and political instability that existed in Europe after World War I caused World War II. The first leading cause of World War II was the infamous Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty of…

Monster Culture - Neo-Nazism Beginning just before the mid-1900s, the idea of National Socialism (more commonly known as Nazism) came about in Germany and the rest of Europe after the release of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf. The main purpose behind the people who supported this ideology was to promote a what was dubbed a master race, composed of white, blonde hair and blue eyed, non-Jewish people, known as Aryans. In the present day, Nazism has taken on a new form, most notably being American white…