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When The Birth of Fascist Ideology was first published in 1989 in France and in 1993 in Italy, it aroused a storm of response, both positive and negative. In Sternhell's view, fascism was much more than an episode in the history of Italy. He argues here that it possessed a coherent ideology with deep roots in European civilization. Long before fascism became a political force, he maintains, it was a major cultural phenomenon.

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PublisherPrinceton Tec University Press

ISBN-100691044864

ISBN-139780691044866

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LanguageEnglish

TopicModern / 20th Century, Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism, History, Political Science

AuthorZeev Sternhell

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Item Length9.1in

Item Height0.8in

Item Weight19 Oz

Item Width6.5in

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Publication NameBirth of Fascist Ideology : from Cultural Rebellion to Political Revolution

Lccn93-017629

Dewey Decimal320.533094

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Lc Classification NumberD726.5.S7413 1995

Table of ContentAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Fascism as an Alternative Political Culture3Ch. 1Georges Sorel and the Antimaterialist Revision of Marxism36Ch. 2Revolutionary Revisionism in France92Ch. 3Revolutionary Syndicalism in Italy131Ch. 4The Socialist-National Synthesis160Ch. 5The Mussolini Crossroads: From the Critique of Marxism to National Socialism and Fascism195Epilogue: From a Cultural Rebellion to a Political Revolution233Notes259Bibliography315Index327

Publication Year1995

TypeTextbook

Dewey Edition20

FormatTrade Paperback

Reviews"[This] work obliges us to ground any study of fascism in the particular moment toward the end of the nineteenth century when politics expanded dizzily from a gentleman's hobby to a matter of mass opinion and votes. [Sternhell] shows irrefutably that fascist doctrine had complex cultural origins, drawing not only from conservative efforts to adapt to the novel requirements of mass politics,...but also from dissent within the left against the materialism, positivism, and reformism that mainstream Marxism shared with social democracy in the 1890s."-- Robert O. Paxton, The New York Review of Books, [This] work obliges us to ground any study of fascism in the particular moment toward the end of the nineteenth century when politics expanded dizzily from a gentleman's hobby to a matter of mass opinion and votes. [Sternhell] shows irrefutably that fascist doctrine had complex cultural origins, drawing not only from conservative efforts to adapt to the novel requirements of mass politics,...but also from dissent within the left against the materialism, positivism, and reformism that mainstream Marxism shared with social democracy in the 1890s., "[This] work obliges us to ground any study of fascism in the particular moment toward the end of the nineteenth century when politics expanded dizzily from a gentleman's hobby to a matter of mass opinion and votes. [Sternhell] shows irrefutably that fascist doctrine had complex cultural origins, drawing not only from conservative efforts to adapt to the novel requirements of mass politics,...but also from dissent within the left against the materialism, positivism, and reformism that mainstream Marxism shared with social democracy in the 1890s." --Robert O. Paxton, The New York Review of Books, [This] work obliges us to ground any study of fascism in the particular moment toward the end of the nineteenth century when politics expanded dizzily from a gentleman's hobby to a matter of mass opinion and votes. [Sternhell] shows irrefutably that fascist doctrine had complex cultural origins, drawing not only from conservative efforts to adapt to the novel requirements of mass politics,...but also from dissent within the left against the materialism, positivism, and reformism that mainstream Marxism shared with social democracy in the 1890s. -- Robert O. Paxton, The New York Review of Books, [This book] deserves to be read and, whatever one's reservations, to be considered seriously...[It] rectifies the stereotyped and narrowly derogatory image of a movement that was as representative and influential as its more acceptable contemporaries, and more original than many. -- Eugen Weber, The New York Times Book Review, "[This book] deserves to be read and, whatever one's reservations, to be considered seriously...[It] rectifies the stereotyped and narrowly derogatory image of a movement that was as representative and influential as its more acceptable contemporaries, and more original than many."-- Eugen Weber, The New York Times Book Review, "[This book] deserves to be read and, whatever one's reservations, to be considered seriously...[It] rectifies the stereotyped and narrowly derogatory image of a movement that was as representative and influential as its more acceptable contemporaries, and more original than many." --Eugen Weber, The New York Times Book Review, [This book] deserves to be read and, whatever one's reservations, to be considered seriously...[It] rectifies the stereotyped and narrowly derogatory image of a movement that was as representative and influential as its more acceptable contemporaries, and more original than many.

Number of Pages352 Pages