What is Fascism? (Two-Minute Takeaway)
Dec 04 2020
How do you define and identify fascism? In this quick video we cover the defining features that make up a fascistic ideology or regime.
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[1] Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Fascism. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved October 28, 2020, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fascism
[2] Paxton, R. O. (1998). The five stages of fascism. The Journal of Modern History, 70(1), 1-23. https://election.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Paxton_Five-Stages-of-Fascism.pdf
[3] Griffin, R. (2012). Studying fascism in a postfascist age. From new consensus to new wave?. Fascism, 1(1), 1-17. https://brill.com/view/journals/fasc/1/1/article-p1_1.xml
[4] Umberto Eco: Eternal Fascism, The New York Review of Books, June 22, 1995 - https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/
[5] Cain, G. (2019, June 03). The Failure to Define Fascism Today. The New Republic. Retrieved November 4, 2020, from https://newrepublic.com/article/154042/failure-define-fascism-today
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