Palingenetic ultranationalism
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Palingenetic ultranationalism is a
Griffin argues that the unique synthesis of palingenesis, populism and
History
The idea was first put forth in the 1991 book The Nature of Fascism[1] and was expanded in the paper "Staging the Nation's Rebirth: The Politics and Aesthetics of Performance in the Context of Fascist Studies" in the 1994 volume Fascism and Theatre: The Politics and Aesthetics in the Era of Fascism.[2] Griffin's theory of "true fascism" is a recent philosophical development and is not explicitly stated in earlier political treatises on fascism, such as in Mussolinni's "Doctrine of Fascism", and others. While earlier works do describe the idea of fascism as being "revolutionary", they do not list a "revolution" as being a necessary precursor to fascism.[3][4]
the mythical horizons of the fascist mentality do not extend beyond this first stage. It promises to replace gerontocracy, mediocrity and national weakness with youth, heroism and national greatness, to banish anarchy and decadence and bring order and health, to inaugurate an exciting new world in place of the played-out one that existed before, to put government in the hands of outstanding personalities instead of non-entities.
Through all of that, there would be one great leader who would battle the representatives of the old system with
Contemporary examples
National-anarchism has been argued to be a syncretic political ideology that was developed in the 1990s by former Third Positionists to promote a "stateless palingenetic ultranationalism".[5]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 0-312-07132-9.
- ^ ISBN 978-1571819017. Retrieved 7 October 2013 – via Library of Social Science.
- ^ “The Doctrine of Fascism” (1932) by Benito Mussolini.
- ^ "The Ethics of Fascism" (1935) by T.V. Smith
- ^ Sunshine, Spencer (Winter 2008). "Rebranding Fascism: National-Anarchists". Public Eye. Retrieved 12 November 2009.