Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Individualism, Class Conflict, Lebensraum
16 Dec 2015
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Fascism was the major political innovation of the 20th century, and the source of much of its pain robert paxton, Attack on socialism and the rule of law: in the name of the. Rejection of enlightenment ideals & both liberal and socialist. Mass mobilization through a monopolistic political party. Destruction of all intermediate organizations (trade unions) Rule of law replaced by arbitrary violence (no proper court politics system) In italy, mussolini"s fascists prioritized national unity: as opposed to class struggle. Rejects liberalism: people should follow the nation. Mussolini celebrated war and individual sacrifice for the state. Nazis" used a racist form of social darwinism: fascism + racism. Hitler: the people need a strong, dominant, charismatic leader whose authority should be unrestricted. Resentment about ww1: german people (volk) must defeat jews, communists, and liberals, need a strong, dominant leader (fuherprinzip) Nationalism blood and soil type of nationalism".
