POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Italian Fascism
Document Summary
Modernization and mussolini: while it is undeniable that they wanted to return to a new. Roman empire, it is unknown whether mussolini and his party was bent on modernization or ruralization. The relationship of modernization and fascism: t h e shape an d pace of. M . d . is t h e cau s e of f asc i s m . The process of change began relatively late and proceeded unevenly. In both cases, there was rapid displacement of those involved in older modes of production and it only happened partially, causing fear of further changes and hostility towards current ones. Fas c i s m co m e fr o m t h e sa m e cas e of m od e r n i za ti on. If the only two valid cases of fascism come from similar causes, the framework of modernization stands and fascism can be considered a generic phenomenon with specific causes.
