List of Tables and Figures
Introduction
1?What Happened? Essential Elements of Fascism
?1?Extreme Conservatism
?1.1?Fascism as Conservative Totalitarianism
?1.2?Fascism as the Destination of Conservatism
?2?Extreme Anti-liberalism
?2.1?Fascism, Conservatism, and Liberalism
?2.2?Fascism versus Liberalism
?3?Extreme Anti-democracy
?4?Extreme Anti-secularism
?5?Extreme Irrationalism, Anti-rationalism, and Anti-progressivism
?6?Extreme Anti-egalitarianism, Anti-universalism, and Anti-cosmopolitanism
?7?Absolute Rule, Unconstrained Power, and All-Encompassing Domination
?8?Extreme Repression, Violence, and Terror
?9?Extreme Militarism, Offensive War, and Conquest
?10?Aggregate of Extreme Authoritarians Agents
2?How Did It Happen? Syndromes of Fascism
?1?It Happens Here and Now: Fascism's Return
?2?Syndrome 1: Fascism as Extreme Conservatism and Conservatism as Latent Fascism
?3?Syndrome 2: Fascism as Extreme Anti-liberalism
?4?Syndrome 3: Fascism as Extreme Anti-democracy
?5?Syndrome 4: Fascism as Extreme Anti-secularism
?6?Syndrome 5: Fascism as Extreme Irrationalism, Anti-rationalism, and Anti-progressivism
?7?Syndrome 6: Fascism as Extreme Anti-egalitarianism, Anti-universalism, and Anti-cosmopolitanism
?8?Syndrome 7: Fascism as Absolute Rule, Unconstrained Power, and All-Encompassing Domination
?9?Syndrome 8: Fascism as Extreme Repression, Violence, and Terror
?10?Syndrome 9: Fascism as Extreme Militarism, War, and Conquest
?11?Syndrome 10: Fascism as an Aggregate of Extreme Authoritarian Agents
3?Why Did it Happen? Social Causes of Fascism
?1?Societal Causation of Fascism
?2?Conservatism as the Cause of Fascism
?3?Capitalism as the Cause of Fascism
?4?Religion as the Cause of Fascism
?5?Theocracy as the Cause of Fascism
4?What Does Oppose It? Countervailing Social Forces to Fascism
?1?Counter-Fascist Social Forces
?2?Liberalism versus Fascism
?3?Democracy versus Fascism
?4?Secularism versus Fascism
?5?Rationalism and Progressivism versus Fascism
?6?Egalitarianism, Universalism, and Cosmopolitanism versus Fascism
?7?Pacifism versus Fascism
?8?Liberal Actors versus Fascism in America
5?Index of Fascism
?1?A Composite Index of Fascism
?2?Indicators and Proxies of Fascism or Right-Wing Authoritarianism
?2.1?Political Indicators and Proxies
?2.2?Cultural Indicators and Proxies
?2.3?Economic Indicators and Proxies
?2.4?Civil-Society Indicators and Proxies
?2.5?Summary
?2.5.1?Political Indicators
?2.5.2?Cultural Indicators
?2.5.3?Economic Indicators
?2.5.4?Civil-Society Indicators
?3?Indexes of Fascism or Right-Wing Authoritarianism for oecd Countries
?4?Appendix
Conclusion
References
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