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Du fascisme
Le fascisme n'est pas une doctrine politique comme les autres. C'est aussi une insulte, un croquemitaine et un revenant. Ce livre essaye de répondre à des questions simples, et donc redoutables, telles que : - Qu'est-ce que le fascisme ? - D'où vient-il ? - Pourquoi eut-il tant de succès ? - Pourquoi a-t-il été vaincu ? - Est-il toujours vivant ? Sur tous ces points, et beaucoup d'autres, est-on sûr d'y voir clair ? Le spécialiste a du mal à faire le tour des contributions - notamment étrangères ; l'étudiant hésite à s'orienter dans le dédale des analyses ; le grand public est à la fois passionné par le thème et répugne à affronter des problèmes d'interprétation, qui lui semblent redoutablement complexes. Les réponses de l'auteur sont synthétiques, mais fondées sur l'analyse critique d'une abondante bibliographie, car le phénomène a fait couler presque autant d'encre que de sang. En ce sens, Pascal Ory a écrit un ouvrage que tout citoyen devrait avoir lu.Pascal Ory, docteur en histoire, professeur à la Sorbonne et à New York University, éditorialiste sur France Culture, chroniqueur dans Lire et XXe siècle, est l'un des trois ou quatre historiens français du contemporain d'audience internationale. Il est l'auteur de nombreux ouvrages, dont "L'Aventure culturelle française 1945-1989", "La Belle Illusion. Culture et politique sous le signe du Front populaire", "Doisneau", "La Censure en France", "Le Discours gastronomique français".
293 pages, Paperback
First published January 23, 2003
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September 24, 2020
A fascinating book, written in beautiful French - which was one of my reasons for reading it. It methodically analyses the subject of fascism from all angles and perspectives, and in the author's own words, it answers all the questions that he himself had when he first became interested in the subject - at a time when it was still taboo in France.
The book focusses on the two main manifestations of the phenomenon - Hitler and Mussolini's projects, though it also discusses minor far-right dictators, not only their contemporaries, but in more recent times, and right up to the present.
What then is fascism? Far be it from me to attempt to answer that question to which a whole book is dedicated in a few lines. But its analysis of so-called neo-fascism may suffice to give a few clues. According to the author, the various neo-fascists movements are not fascist at all, by virtue of the mere fact that they compromise their true ideals in order to be able to exist in today's political landscape, and to co-exist with more mainstream parties. The essence of fascism is the rejection of anyone and everything that is different (whether in terms of race, culture, class, or political outlook); an extreme elitism that leads inevitably to war, and being incapable of reaching a compromise peace, is doomed to destruction.
A very illuminating book, from the author of several books dealing with different aspects of WWII France.
The book focusses on the two main manifestations of the phenomenon - Hitler and Mussolini's projects, though it also discusses minor far-right dictators, not only their contemporaries, but in more recent times, and right up to the present.
What then is fascism? Far be it from me to attempt to answer that question to which a whole book is dedicated in a few lines. But its analysis of so-called neo-fascism may suffice to give a few clues. According to the author, the various neo-fascists movements are not fascist at all, by virtue of the mere fact that they compromise their true ideals in order to be able to exist in today's political landscape, and to co-exist with more mainstream parties. The essence of fascism is the rejection of anyone and everything that is different (whether in terms of race, culture, class, or political outlook); an extreme elitism that leads inevitably to war, and being incapable of reaching a compromise peace, is doomed to destruction.
A very illuminating book, from the author of several books dealing with different aspects of WWII France.
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