1st Edition

Fascism, Totalitarianism and Political Religion

Edited By Roger Griffin Copyright 2005
236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

9/11 and its aftermath demonstrate the urgent need for political scientists and historians to unravel the tangled relationship of secular ideologies and organized religions to political fanaticism. This major new volume uses a series of case studies by world experts to further our understanding of these complex issues. They examine the connections between fascism, political religion and... Read more
1. Introduction Roger Griffin 2. On Fascism Emilio Gentile 3. Nazism and the Revival of Political Religion Theory Richard Steigmann-Gall 4. The British Union of Fascists as a Totalitarian Movement Tom Linehan 5. The Blend of Secularism and Religion in the Romanian Iron Guard Radu Ioanid 6. The Upward Path: Palingenesis, political religion and America's national alliance Martin Durham 7. Christian Identity: The apocalyptic style, political religion, palingenesis, and neofascism Chip Berlet 8. Afterthoughts Martin Blinkhorn

Biography

Griffin, Roger