Charisma and Fascism
1st Edition
Published on 7. December 2006
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-0-415-38492-6 (ISBN)
Description
Fascism remains a topic that fascinates both academic and general audiences. This is the first book to look systematically at the leaders of fascism and related movements in the inter-war era.
It shows how fascist leaders came to personify their movements and why the Fuehreprinzip was applied in all fascist organizations. It also explains how fascist leadership was of a very particular kind: It was almost unlimited in political discipline and required complete subordination. The legitimacy was based on a very vague notion of 'the organic unity of the state and the people', giving the leaders competence to rule without accountability to a party organization or state bodies. Thus, we can observe in all fascist parties/movements a practical form of leadership where policies of 'split and rule' were common in absence of principles of representation and opposition feedbacks. The fascist fuehrer was the leader, the party, the ideology - and when in power: the state itself.
This book was previously published as a special issue of Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions.
It shows how fascist leaders came to personify their movements and why the Fuehreprinzip was applied in all fascist organizations. It also explains how fascist leadership was of a very particular kind: It was almost unlimited in political discipline and required complete subordination. The legitimacy was based on a very vague notion of 'the organic unity of the state and the people', giving the leaders competence to rule without accountability to a party organization or state bodies. Thus, we can observe in all fascist parties/movements a practical form of leadership where policies of 'split and rule' were common in absence of principles of representation and opposition feedbacks. The fascist fuehrer was the leader, the party, the ideology - and when in power: the state itself.
This book was previously published as a special issue of Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
545 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-38492-6 (9780415384926)
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Antonio Costa Pinto | Roger Eatwell | Stein Ugelvik Larsen
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Persons
Antonio Costa Pinto is professor of Modern European History and Politics at the Institute of Social Science, University of Lisbon.,
Roger Eatwell is professor of European Politics at the University of Bath,
Stein Ugelvik Larsen is professor of Comparative Politics at the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen.
Roger Eatwell is professor of European Politics at the University of Bath,
Stein Ugelvik Larsen is professor of Comparative Politics at the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen.
Content
Part One Approaching Charisma; Chapter 1 The Concept and Theory of Charismatic Leadership, Roger Eatwell; Chapter 2 Hitler, Charisma and Structure: Reflections on Historical Methodology, Michel Dobry; Part Two The Leaders; Chapter 3 The Model of Charismatic Leadership and its Applicability to the Rule of Adolf Hitler, M. Rainer Lepsius; Chapter 4 Franco, the Spanish Falange and the Institutionalisation of Mission, Stanley G. Payne; Chapter 5 'Chaos' and 'Order': Preto, Salazar and Charismatic Appeal in Inter-war Portugal, Antonio Costa Pinto; Chapter 6 Charisma and Hybrid Legitimacy in Petain's Etat francais (1940-44), Marc Olivier Baruch; Chapter 7 Ante Paveli?, Charisma and National Mission in Wartime Croatia, Ivo Goldstein; Chapter 8 Charisma from below? The Quisling Case in Norway, Stein Ugelvik Larsen; Chapter 9 Codreanu, Romanian National Traditions and Charisma, Stephen Fischer-Galati; Chapter 10 Mussolini as the Prototypical Charismatic Dictator, Emilio Gentile; conclusion Conclusion: Fascism, Dictators and Charisma, Antonio Costa Pinto*, Stein Ugelvik Larsen**;