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Anti-Colonialism and the Crises of Interwar Fascism

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Full Title:

Anti-Colonialism and the Crises of Interwar Fascism

Contributors:

By (Author) Michael Ortiz

ISBN:

9781350334922

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Bloomsbury Academic

Publication Date:

12th January 2023

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Professional and Scholarly

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Far-right political ideologies and movements
European history

Dewey:

320.533094

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

264

Dimensions:

Width 156mm, Height 234mm

Description

What is fascism Is it an anomaly in the history of modern Europe Or its culmination In Anti-Colonialism and the Crises of Interwar Fascism, Michael Ortiz makes the case that fascism should be understood, in part, as an imperial phenomenon. He contends that the Age of Appeasement (1935-1939) was not a titanic clash between rival socio-political systems (fascism and democracy), but rather an imperial contest between satisfied and unsatisfied empires. Historians have long debated the extent to which Western imperialisms served as ideological and intellectual precursors to European fascisms. To date, this scholarship has largely employed an inside-out methodology that examines the imperial discourses that pushed fascist regimes outward, into Africa, Asia, and the Americas. While effective, such approaches tend to ignore the ways in which these places and their inhabitants understood European fascisms. Addressing this imbalance, Anti-Colonialism adopts an outside-in approach that analyses fascist expansion from the perspective of Indian anti-colonialists such as Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhas Bose, and Mohandas Gandhi. Seen from India, the crises of Interwar fascismthe Second Italo-Ethiopian War, Spanish Civil War, Second Sino-Japanese War, Munich Agreement, and the outbreak of the Second World Warwere yet another eruption of imperial expansion analogous (although not identical) to the Scramble for Africa and the Treaty of Versailles. Whether fascist, democratic, or imperialist, Europes great powers collectively negotiated the fate of smaller nations.

Author Bio

Michael Ortiz is Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island, USA.

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