Fascism’s missionary ideology and the autocratic wave of the interwar years

Bibliographic Data

ID6254576
AuthorsK Weyland (0000-0002-6106-8661, Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume24
Issue7
Pages1253-1270
Publication date2017-11-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDemocratization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1351-0347 • E-ISSN: 1743-890X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13510347.2017.1322581
OpenAlexW2613600832
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited12

Because fascism embodied a missionary creed, it exemplifies the ideology-driven cooperation and diffusion among autocratic regimes that the Introduction to this special issue discussed. The messianic promise that forceful charismatic leadership sustained by fervent mass support would guarantee domestic order and restore national grandeur was attractive to innumerable citizens, important political elites, and even to prominent intellectuals across the globe. Consequently, fascism exuded strong, wide-ranging contagion and demonstration effects. Moreover, Mussolini and Hitler actively promoted the new credo and sought support for their expansionary tendencies

Autocracy · Charisma · Creed · Democracy · Globe · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · European history and politics · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law