1. Fascism challenged the ideas and practices of European liberalism and democracy in many ways. Democracy and liberalism was all about giving more power to the people‚ they encouraged people to share their thoughts and get more involved in their government. Fascists believed the opposite. Violence was encouraged against enemies‚ they condemned liberalism‚ individualism‚ feminism‚ and parliamentary democracy. All of which were thought to divide and weaken a nation. 2. The German’s expression of
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In his exploration of 20th century fascism between the wars‚ Payne (1995) described Mussolini as the most liberal of the totalitarian personalities that dominated that period. Perhaps this was a vestige of his earlier involvement with revolutionary socialism‚ or a reflection from his early years. Yet‚ the fact remains that Mussolini‚ along with Hitler‚ was an architect of fascism and of the policies that led to World War II. The intention in the following pages is to explore Mussolini ’s rise to
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Fascism is not a easy concept for explain even it frequently used‚ because of‚ different people from different times‚ can use the words in other meanings. Today‚ political science and people have ’contradiction in terms’ when they tries to describe the political concepts. The Fascism is a concept that hard to explain‚ because through the history of fascist countries‚ they were never the same. They have not gotten any similarities ideologies except to be a dictatorship and to be a one party system
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Benito Mussolini wrote The Doctrine of Fascism as part of an article for the Enciclopeida Italiana in 1932 (235). Mussolini outlines fascism “as a doctrine” which entails specific views on “material and intellectual problems” which have been the historical source oppression (236). He opposes three major ideologies and concludes by arguing that fascism is the superior political and social doctrine to unite Italy towards her “destined impulse” of expansion (239). Mussolini has two main targets‚ and
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To have the capacity to answer this inquiry it is essential to characterize what is implied by ’totalitarian fascism’. Totalitarian means a type of government that does not permit rival political gatherings and requests absolute compliance from the general population and‚ autocracy implies ruler who has complete force . The Nazi Party had as its expectation the formation of what we would see as a totalitarian tyranny‚ yet the vital inquiry is the means by which far they accomplished this objective
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in the state as a whole. As the leader of the National Fascist Party in Italy‚ Mussolini was one of the founders of Fascism. In Mussolini “Doctrine of Fascism”‚ he writes many of his ideas that describe fascism and how the state should be under a fascist rule. In his document‚ Mussolini has many arguments that include why he is against peace‚ democracy‚ and the individual. Fascism is an extreme type of authoritarian rule in which the government
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Fascism is an ultra-right movement that emerged in a period of crisis in European society. Like other right-wing parties and movements before World War II‚ fascism opposed democracy‚ liberalism‚ socialism‚ and communism and emphasized support for hierarchy‚ nationalism‚ militarism‚ aggressive imperialism‚ and women’s subordination. In seeking power‚ fascist movements were organized around a charismatic leader‚ used the techniques of mass politics to win support from the middle strata of war veterans
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14. What was the impact of each regime outside of the State? Mussolini • Influenced future dictators because of fascism • It was appealing and gave hope to many people because Fascism was centered around improving living conditions and the economy as well as gaining land and being superior to others which is what many strived for in this period of time • Modernized Italy and served as the posterchild of what other countries could look like Hitler • Impact out of State: His rise to power in Germany
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To what extent was there a threat of domestic Fascism in 1930s France? The ambiguous‚ often contradictory‚ nature of fascism and the gaps which often exist between fascist ideologies and policies‚ and the different forms in which fascism took in Europe make fascism extremely difficult to define. Between World War I and II fascism did not come to power in France‚ in contrast to other European countries. Yet the threat of domestic fascism in 1930s France was still very real and substantial. The 1930s
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Rise of Fascism‚ Nazism‚ and Japanese Militarism The Great Depression was an economic recession in North America‚ Europe‚ and other industrialized areas of the world that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression that was ever experienced by the industrialized Western world. The Great Depression began in the United States but quickly turned into a worldwide economic recession. Almost all nations sought to protect their domestic production by imposing
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