Charismatic Leadership and the Far Right
Horia Sima, a central figure within the interwar Romanian fascist organization the Iron Guard, once described his leader, Corneliu Codreanu, as follows: “What was most impressive, on first contact with…
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Trumpism After Trump: The Wrong Person at the Right Time?
A few days before the Senate was due to vote on whether to proceed with the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on charges of inciting insurrection, an article…
Part Three: Hegel and Fascism
In the third part of CARR Senior Fellow, Dr Henry Mead’s, series on Hegel and Fascism, the author takes a look at how echoes of the ‘Great Man theory’ circulated…
How Fascists Used Summer Camps To Recruit Young People
‘Summer camps … helped to integrate enthusiastic young people more firmly into the movement, shaping their lives by giving them an unforgettable summer and convincing them that by becoming fascists…
How Fascists Have Used Panics To Consolidate Power
Authoritarian leaders have historically fear-mongered and exploited public panics in order to exert more control over their countries. Sometimes it is okay to panic. Or at least, some situations demand…
Purifying the Party: Lessons from 20th Century Radical Right Parties
The pattern of leadership squabbles, purges, and brutal attempts to crush dissent dominates the history of the radical right. Such episodes are extremely instructive in the week following UK Prime…
Holocaust Historian: Trump Needs To Stop Speaking Like A 20th Century Fascist
Trump refers to Hispanic migrants as if they are an infectious disease while he detains them in inhumane detention centers. We must learn from history. In an article published in 2007, Andreas…
Political religions and fascism
The creation of new symbols and rituals to evoke belief in a higher cause are central to the concept, ‘political religion’, prevalent in fascism studies for at least two decades.…
Nazi Analogies Won’t Help Counter Radical Right Agendas in Post-Brexit Britain
Those of us living in Britain today, whether we originally hail from these shores or not, are only too aware that we are living through a major historical moment. Those…
The Ethics of Consuming Fascism
Is it possible to engage with the radical right without inadvertently supporting its intolerant ideology? In 1939, a Book of the Month Club (a US-based literary subscription service) edition of…