SOCY 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Antonio Gramsci, Mind Control, Katy Perry
8 Oct 2016
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The futurist movement foreshadowed fascism in italy. Initially a literary movement inspired by bergson and nietzsche, it found its clearest expression in painting and sculpture. Mussolini (1883-1945) led the fascist movement in italy, as the property- owning elites turned away from democratic politics in their efforts to defend private property in the face of class struggle and rebellion. Mussolini was declared premier in 1922, then consolidating a one-party fascist state by: the fascist government controlled the press, courts, and the economy, pursuing military adventures in an effort to stimulate the economy during the depression. Fascism in germany took a different, more virulent and brutal form in nazism. Its roots were in german militarism, authoritarianism and cultural elitism. Its chief characteristic was deeply rooted racism and anti-semitism. Nazi ideology contained these forms of elitism but also a theory of the masses. Why mankind, instead of entering into a truly human condition, is sinking into a new kind of barbarism.
