An Intelligent Persons Guide To Fascism; Author: Griffiths, Richard; Hardback; Book

Author: Griffiths, Richard
Hardback; Book
175 pages
Published: October 2000
Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd
ISBN: 0715629182

Clarifying one of the most elusive cases of political and social history, Richard Griffiths avoids the stereotypes that has plagued the study of fascism and assesses its real legacy in the second half of the twentieth century. Griffiths tackles fascism at its most confusing, when movements merged and the rhetoric of compromise was in full swing. With modern scholarship, and the willingness to bring new ideas to the table, Griffiths challenges all notions of the history and influence of fascism.Richard Griffiths unravels Facism's somewhat nebulous history to give a true account of its meaning. Though we think we know what it is, the reality of fascism is remarkably elusive. On the one hand it has become a collective term of abuse and on the other, scholars have over-defined it out of existence. This book tries to avoid these problems by studying fascism in its historical context.