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Author Renton, Dave, 1972- author.

Title Fascism : history and theory / David Renton
Edition New and updated edition
Published London : Pluto Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Contents Interwar Fascism -- An alternative method -- Marxists against Mussolini and Hitler -- Benjamin, Gramsci, Trotsky, Beyond 1933, Marxists and the Holocaust -- Conclusion : A specific form of reactionary mass movement
Summary Across Europe and the world, far right parties have been enjoying greater electoral success than at any time since 1945. Right-wing street movements draw huge supporters and terrorist attacks on Jews and Muslims proliferate. It sometimes seems we are returning to the age of fascism.0To explain this disturbing trend, David Renton surveys the history of fascism in Europe from its pre-war origins to the present day, examining Marxist responses to fascism in the age of Hitler and Mussolini, the writings of Trotsky and Gramsci and contemporary theorists. Renton theorises that fascism was driven by the chaotic and unstable balance between reactionary ambitions and the mass character of its support. This approach will arm a new generation of anti-fascists to resist those who seek to re-enact fascism.0Rewritten and revised for the twentieth anniversary of its first publication, Renton's classic book synthesises the Marxist theory of fascism and updates it for our own times
Notes Originally published in 1999 as Fascism : theory and practice
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Fascism -- Europe -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Fascism & Totalitarianism.
Fascism
Politics and government
SUBJECT Europe -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045748
Subject Europe
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781786806505
1786806509
9781786806512
1786806517