A Fascist Century: Essays by Roger Griffin

by Roger Griffin, Matthew Feldman (Editor)

Ten essays on the nature of fascism by a leading scholar in the field, focusing on how to understand and apply fascist ideology to various movements since the twentieth century, Mussolini's prophesied "fascist century." Includes studies of fascism's attempted temporal revolution; Nazism as extended case-study; and fascism's postwar evolution.

Genres: Politics, Political Science, History, Nonfiction

297 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Roger David Griffin is a British professor of modern history and political theorist at Oxford Brookes University, England. His principal interest is the socio-historical and ideological dynamics of fascism, as well as various forms of political or religious fanaticism.

Reviews

[John Bell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dense and academic but very interesting. Challenges the view of fascism as a reactionary last ditch attempt to maintain capitalist hegemony. Instead, argues that fascism was a genuinely revolutionary ideology.

[Joe Zivak · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rychlokurz Griffinovskeho uchopenia fasizmu. Pre zaciatocnika, ako napriklad ja, je to vyzva, lebo okrem uvodnych poznamok editorov, sa clovek nema velmi coho chytit. Nakoniec to ale stalo za to, cloveka to vyslovene prinuti upratat si v hlave terminologiu.

[Ava Stern · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loveee that my random abroad Spanish politics class is randomly extremely literature heavy. This book, although very dense but like duh, actually made me rethink my understanding of fascism a lot. The word hits with so much force and yet covers up a huge, sprawling uncertainty abt what it actually means.. would love to see a 2020s edition