176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

Fascism remains a topic that fascinates both academic and general audiences. This is the first book to look systematically at the leaders of fascism and related movements in the inter-war era. It shows how fascist leaders came to personify their movements and why the Führeprinzip was applied in all fascist organizations. It also explains how fascist leadership was of... Read more

Preface, Antonio Costa Pinto  Introduction: New Styles of Dictatorship and Leadership in inter-war Europe, Roger Eatwell  Part 1: Approaching Charisma  Chapter 1: The Concept and Theory of Charismatic Leadership, Roger Eatwell  Chapter 2: Hitler, Charisma and Structure: Reflections on Historical Methodology, Michel Dobry  Part 2: The Leaders  Chapter 3: Mussolini as the Prototypical Charismatic Dictator, Emilio Gentile  Chapter 4: The Model of Charismatic Leadership and its Applicability to the Rule of Adolf Hitler, M. Rainer Lepsius  Chapter 5: Franco, the Spanish Falange and the Institutionalization of Mission, Stanley G. Payne  Chapter 6: ‘Chaos’ and ‘Order’: Preto, Salazar and Charismatic Appeal in Interwar Portugal, António Costa Pinto  Chapter 7: Charisma and Hybrid Legitimacy in Pétain’s État français (1940-44), Marc Olivier Baruch  Chapter 8: Ante Pavelic, Charisma and National Mission in Wartime Croatia, Ivo Goldstein  Chapter 9: Charisma from Below? the Quisling Case in Norway, Stein Larsen  Chapter 10: Codreanu, Romanian National Traditions and Charisma, Stephen Fischer-Galati  Conclusion, António Costa Pinto and Stein Larsen  Index

Biography

António Costa Pinto is professor of Modern European History and Politics at the Institute of Social Science, University of Lisbon.,
Roger Eatwell is professor of European Politics at the University of Bath,
Stein Ugelvik Larsen is professor of Comparative Politics at the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen.