The Fascist Revolution: Toward a General Theory of Fascism

✍ Scribed by George L. Mosse

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 230
• Series: The Collected Works of George L. Mosse
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Fascist Revolution is the culmination of George L. Mosse's groundbreaking work on fascism. Originally published posthumously in 1999, the volume covers a broad spectrum of topics related to cultural interpretations of fascism from its origins through the twentieth century. In a series of magisterial turns, Mosse examines fascism's role in the French Revolution, its relationship with nationalism and racism, its use by intellectuals to foment insurrection, and more as a means to define and understand it as a popular phenomenon on its own terms. This new edition features a critical introduction by Roger Griffin, professor emeritus of modern history at Oxford Brookes University, contextualizing Mosse's research as fascism makes a global resurgence.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the 1999 Edition
A Critical Introduction
1 Toward a General Theory of Fascism
2 Fascist Aesthetics and Society
3 Racism and Nationalism
4 Fascism and the French Revolution
5 Fascism and the Intellectuals
6 The Occult Origins of National Socialism
7 Fascism and the Avant-Garde
8 Nazi Polemical Theater
9 On Homosexuality and French Fascism
10 Nazi Aesthetics: Beauty Without Sensuality and the Exhibition of Degenerate Art
Notes
Index