PO101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Benito Mussolini, Jason Stanley, Antisemitism
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20th century ideology emerging after wwi: benito mussolini (pm in 1922; one party fascist state in 1926, adolf hitler (german chancellor in 1933; dictatorship in 1934, spain and portugal in 1936, latin american neo-fascist states in the 1960"s. How fascism works (jason stanley: mythic past, propaganda, anti-intellectualism, victimhood, law and order, sexual anxiety, hierarchy, conspiracy theories; creation of unreality, hard work vs laziness, anti-immigrant lomoar cpsd| 5490467. Elitism and leadership: one people, one nation, one leader. Propaganda (excerpts from hitler"s mein kampf: look at slide show. Fascist state- justification of violence: the law and will of the nation take precedence over individual will, all humans and spiritual values lie within the state, all individual action serves to preserve and expand the fascist state. Fascism and its children: what about the rise of the european extremist parties on the right and the alt-right in north. Alt-right: white genocide the central concept in the far-right movement.