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What is Fascism?

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Title: What is Fascism?


1
What is Fascism?
  • Key Features of Fascism

2
Nationalism
  • View of the nation-state, its culture and
    history, as a unifying force
  • Desire to remove foreign influences
  • Own nation seen as superior to other nations

3
Militarism
  • Promotion of political violence and war as a
    method of revitalizing society
  • Violence seen as necessary in order to progress
  • Development of paramilitary organizations

4
Social Darwinism
  • The belief that races have evolved as superior to
    other races
  • Survival of the Fittest

5
Social Unity
  • Opposes class-based divisions in society and
    promotes collective national security

6
Authoritarianism
  • Totalitarian the state has influence or control
    over all aspects of society
  • The people are subservient to the state
  • Mussolini Obedience not discussion!

7
Question
  • Consider the characteristics of fascism described
    in this presentation.
  • What kind of foreign policy would you expect to
    see from a state following this ideology?
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