The New Fascination with Fascism

The Case of Nazi Modernism

Bibliographic Data

ID10072690
AuthorsPaul Betts (0009-0007-0298-7944, University of Sussex, corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume37
Issue4
Pages541-558
Publication date2002-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00220094020370040301
OpenAlexW2116486449
LanguageEN
Citations received10

It was not all that long ago that 'fascist modernism' was considered a scandalous contradiction in terms, more recycled third Internationalism than legitimate scholarship. Things, however, have changed considerably in the last fifteen years or so, as 'fascist culture attracts ever-increasing scholarly and media attention. This is most apparent in the outpouring of recent books and exhibitions on nazi modernism. This article attempts to examine some of the cultural causes and effects of the new fascination with fascism

Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Contradiction · Epistemology · Exhibition · Internationalism (politics · Literature · Modernism (music · Nazism · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Philosophy

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