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Fascism

Summary

Fascism (1991) is Roger Griffin's documentary anthology and analytical framework for understanding fascism as a form of 'palingenetic populist ultranationalism'—a movement based on national rebirth mythology.

Core Contribution

Griffin's 'palingenetic' definition became the dominant scholarly framework for analyzing fascism across its national variants.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • fascism
  • political science
  • ultranationalism
  • palingenesis

Historical Influences

Roger Griffin comparative fascism studies

Intellectual Lineage

Roger Griffin fascism studiespolitical science

Allied Works

The Nature of Fascism

Contemporaries & Peers

Emilio Gentile Robert Paxton

Minds Influenced

Fascism scholarshippolitical science definitions of fascism

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