Towards a New Model of Generic Fascism

Bibliographic Data

ID6299174
AuthorsRoger Eatwell (corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume4
Issue2
Pages161-194
Publication date1992-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Theoretical Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0951-6298 • E-ISSN: 1460-3667
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0951692892004002003
OpenAlexW1992338157
LanguageEN
Citations received34
References cited50

The vast academic literature on fascism can usefully be divided into conceptual and theoretical approaches. The former tries to unravel fascist ideology, the latter seeks more to explain its support. Most approaches have focused on the latter. This stems from the view that fascist ideology tends to be incoherent, and the belief that support-based models are more `scientific'. However, the result has been that different forms of movement/regime are often lumped together. A conceptual approach is therefore proposed called the `spectral-syncretic', which sees the essence of fascism as a series of syntheses around four main themes. The import of this approach is to undermine the view that fascism was essentially a feature of inter-war Europe, but without allowing the term to degenerate so that it can be applied to large numbers of significant non-European movements/regimes. Differences of interpretation over the syntheses, and especially national contextual factors, also make it difficult to place fascism on the left-right spectrum

Economics · Epistemology · Ideology · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Normative · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Philosophy

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