Fascism and the masses the revolt against the last humans, 1848-1945 / by Ishay Landa.
| Author/creator | Landa, Ishay, 1969- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY: Routledge, 2018. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge studies in cultural history ; 56 |
| Contents | Introduction : the masses and the fascist political unconscious -- The rise of the last human I : the formation of mass society -- The rise of the last human II : the opposition to mass society -- Fascism and mass politics -- Fascism and mass society I : cultural questions -- Fascism and mass society II : consumption, leisure, Americanism -- The wandering womb : fascism and gender -- The wandering Jew : national socialism and antisemitism -- Epilogue : Nietzsche, the left, and the last humans. |
| Abstract | "Highlighting the "mass" nature of interwar European fascism has long become commonplace. Throughout the years, numerous critics have construed fascism as a phenomenon of mass society, perhaps the ultimate expression of mass politics. This study deconstructs this long-standing perception. It argues that the entwining of fascism with the masses is a remarkable transubstantiation of a movement which understood and presented itself as a militant rejection of the ideal of mass politics, and indeed of mass society and mass culture more broadly conceived. Thus, rather than "massifying" society, fascism was the culmination of a long effort on the part of the ©♭lites and the middle-classes to de-massify it. The perennially menacing mass - seen as plebeian and insubordinate - was to be drilled into submission, replaced by supposedly superior collective entities, such as the nation, the race, or the people. Focusing on Italian fascism and German National Socialism, but consulting fascist movements and individuals elsewhere in interwar Europe, the book incisively shows how fascism is best understood as ferociously resisting what Elias referred to as "the civilizing process" and what Marx termed "the social individual." Fascism, notably, was a revolt against what Nietzsche described as the peaceful, middling and egalitarian 'Last Humans'"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Landa, Ishay, 1969- author. Fascism and the masses New York, NY: Routledge, 2018 9780815385851 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018025647 |
| ISBN | 9781351179973 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9781351179997 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 9781351179980 (pdf) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |