ARTS1271 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mass Politics, Radical Change, Biennio Rosso

• School: UNSW, UNSW Sydney
• Department: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Humanities
• Course: ARTS1271
• Professor: Anne O'Brien

Document Summary

Fascism, communism and democracy between the wars: the new order, what went wrong, the crash, the (cid:1005)93(cid:1004)(cid:859)s. Imposition of democracy in situation of turmoil, doomed to fail: usa, britain, france, male democracy, won war, but incapable of addressing massive post-war economic problems, russia communism, germany hyperinflation. Biennio rosso: europe left wing turmoil (unions) organised, armed, newspaper press. In hungary, left wing seized power communist for months. Also, bavaria and northern italian cities: threat of communism from success in russia, therefore, country could quickly fall to communism, mass politics, french (democratic), no crisis of legitimacy (in system, left-wing did not seek support of peasantry. No (cid:858) ed daw(cid:374)(cid:859) i(cid:374) europe most farmers not into radical change. Joined by middle-class youth, missed out on war and eagre to join: streets deeply charged and polarised, violence, far right won. Z5205862: deleted parliament, installed dictatorship, ascent of elites (landowners, church, industry) Organised fascists to march on rome, appeared to seize power.