HST 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Fascio, Benito Mussolini, Squadrismo
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Hst 112| march 28, 2016 | week 9. Main argument: fascism was a new, modern genus of right-wing, nationalist political ideology that subordinated individual rights to the state. Unlike traditional authoritarian regimes, fascism sought to mobilize the masses and to revolutionize society, striving to create a new man" capable of conquering and ruling an expanding mediterranean empire. Fascist beliefs: ultra-nationalism, militarism & glorification of violence, regeneration of society, creation of new man". Squadrismo (1920: march on rome (oct 28, 1922) Was fascism totalitarian: nature of mussolini"s power, concordat (1929, coercion vs. terror. Hst 112 | march 30, 2016 | week 9. Argument: the failures of the (weimar) german republic combined with the trauma of defeat, a humiliating peace, and the great depression led to the rise of hitler and the nsdap. Adolf hitler: german workers party, national socialist german workers party (nsdap, beer hall putsch (1923, leadership cult: f hrer, re-foundation of nsdap (1925)
