Fascism and Neofascism: Critical Writings on the Radical Right in Europe (Studies in European Culture and History)

The dramatic transformations of the the 1990s - the end of the Cold War, the establishment of political liberties and market economies in Eastern Europe, German unification - quickly led commentators to proclaim the end of all ideologies and the complete triumph of liberal capitalism. Just as quickly, however, right-wing extremism began a surge in Europe that has not significantly abated to this day. Fascism and Neofascism is a collection of essays that is distinctive in two important ways. First, unlike most volumes, which cover either historical fascism or the recent radical right, Fascism and Neofascism spans both periods. Secondly, this volume also aims to bring newer modes of inquiry, rooted in cultural studies, into dialogue with more 'traditional' ways of viewing fascism. The editors' approach is deliberately interdisciplinary, even eclectic. Front Matter....Pages I-XI Introduction....Pages 1-18 Ideological Positions in the Fascism Debate....Pages 19-41 “Windows 33/45”: Nazi Politics and the Cult of Stardom....Pages 43-65 Fascismo-Stile and the Posthistorical Imaginary....Pages 67-80 The Danish Far Right Goes to War: Danish Fascism and Soldiering in the Waffen SS, 1930–1945....Pages 81-102 Sex and Secularization in Nazi Germany....Pages 103-123 The Fascist Phantom and Anti-Immigrant Violence: The Power of (False) Equation....Pages 125-140 Fascism, Colonialism, and “Race”: The Reality of a Fiction....Pages 141-157 Fascism and the New Radical Movements in Romania....Pages 159-174 The Right-Wing Network and the Role of Extremist Youth Groupings in Unified Germany....Pages 175-188 Football, Hooligans, and War in Ex-Yugoslavia....Pages 189-206 Justifying Violence: Extreme Nationalist and Racist Discourses in Scandinavia....Pages 207-218 Racism, the Extreme Right, and Ideology in Contemporary France: Continuum or Innovation?....Pages 219-227 Immigration, Insecurity, and the French Far Right....Pages 229-246 From Communism to Nazism to Vichy: Le Livre Noir Du Communisme and the Wages of Comparison....Pages 247-258 Repetition Compulsion and the Tyrannies of Genre: Frieder Schlaich’s Otomo ....Pages 259-278 Back Matter....Pages 279-286 Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Acknowledgments 8 List of Contributors 10 Introduction 13 1. Ideological Positions in the Fascism Debate 31 2. “Windows 33/45”: Nazi Politics and the Cult of Stardom 54 3. Fascismo-Stile and the Posthistorical Imaginary 77 4. The Danish Far Right Goes to War: Danish Fascism and Soldiering in the Waffen SS, 1930–1945 91 5. Sex and Secularization in Nazi Germany 113 6. The Fascist Phantom and Anti-Immigrant Violence: The Power of (False) Equation 134 7. Fascism, Colonialism, and “Race”: The Reality of a Fiction 150 8. Fascism and the New Radical Movements in Romania 167 9. The Right-Wing Network and the Role of Extremist Youth Groupings in Unified Germany 183 10. Football, Hooligans, and War in Ex-Yugoslavia 197 11. Justifying Violence: Extreme Nationalist and Racist Discourses in Scandinavia 215 12. Racism, the Extreme Right, and Ideology in Contemporary France: Continuum or Innovation? 227 13. Immigration, Insecurity, and the French Far Right 236 14. From Communism to Nazism to Vichy: Le Livre Noir du Communisme and the Wages of Comparison 254 15. Repetition Compulsion and the Tyrannies of Genre: Frieder Schlaich’s Otomo 266 Index 286