Intellectual debates surrounding modernity, modernism, and fascism
continue to be active and hotly contested. In this ambitious book,
renowned expert on fascism Roger Griffin analyzes Western modernity
and the regimes of Mussolini and Hitler and offers a pioneering new
interpretation of the links between these apparently contradictory
phenomena.
Using a wealth of examples, Griffin describes how modernism's roots
lay in part in the fundamental human need to perceive a
transcendent meaning and purpose to life--and to restore this
purpose in times of experienced decay and social breakdown. This
sense of revolution and rebirth provided the context in which
fascism sought a new world based on the health and strength of the
nation or race.
"Modernism and Fascism" is an original and fascinating synthesis of
data and ideas which will be of interest to art and intellectual
historians, specialists in the study of modernity and modernism,
and experts in fascist studies. It also offers stimulating new
insights to all those concerned with the many contemporary
movements (e.g. Al-Qaeda, Christian fundamentalists) prepared to
fight for their belief in the transcendental meaning of life
against the inroads of an increasingly globalized materialism. This
is a book which promises to have a resonance far beyond the already
broad academic parameters of the project, and will inspire a new
wave of scholarly interest in modernity.
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