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Fascism - The Career of a Concept (Paperback)
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Fascism - The Career of a Concept (Paperback)
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"For historians, [Fascism] offers clear and provocative insights
and arguments, and the very detailed notes are especially
helpful.... Recommended." ― Choice What does it mean to label
someone a fascist? Today, it is equated with denouncing him or her
as a Nazi. But as intellectual historian Paul E. Gottfried writes
in this provocative yet even-handed study, the term's meaning has
evolved over the years. Gottfried examines the semantic twists and
turns the term has endured since the 1930s and traces the word's
polemical function within the context of present ideological
struggles. Like "conservatism," "liberalism," and other words whose
meanings have changed with time, "fascism" has been used
arbitrarily over the years and now stands for a host of iniquities
that progressives, multiculturalists, and libertarians oppose, even
if they offer no single, coherent account of the historic evil they
condemn. Certain factors have contributed to the term's imprecise
usage, Gottfried writes, including the equation of all fascisms
with Nazism and Hitler, as well as the rise of a post-Marxist left
that expresses predominantly cultural opposition to bourgeois
society and its Christian and/or national components. Those who
stand in the way of social change are dismissed as "fascist," he
contends, an epithet that is no longer associated with state
corporatism and other features of fascism that were once essential
but are now widely ignored. Gottfried outlines the specific
historical meaning of the term and argues that it should not be
used indiscriminately to describe those who hold unpopular
opinions. His important study will appeal to political scientists,
intellectual historians, and general readers interested in politics
and history.
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