El franquismo y los imaginarios míticos del fascismo europeo de entreguerras
This article raises a series of reflections centered on the biggest or minor grade of fascistization experienced by the Francoist regime during the first stage of its implantation. Also, it carries a trip out for the phenomena of spread and contamination with which the mythical imaginaries, and the idealized recreations of the fascism, impregnated the different authoritarian and anti-parliamentary regimes that were erected in Europe during the interwar period. In the Spain of the thirties, a mixed reactionary coalition experienced a sort of self-fascination about the efficacy of the fascist proposals to face to the challenges of mass-mobilizaThis content downloaded from 40.77.167.71 on Sat, 19 Nov 2016 04:34:46 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms Francisco Cobo Romero El franquismo y los imaginarios miticos del fascismo tion and democracy. The Francoisi regime, as other political regimes more or less intensely fascistizated of the twenties and thirties of last century, incorporated a good amount of the styles, the forms of impassioned and emotive experience of the politics, the manifestations of the charismatic leadership, or the different sacralizations of the Nation and the State, own of the mythopoeic fascist imaginary.
The ‘Regime-Model’ of Fascism: A Typology
The history of interwar European fascism has been marked by the efforts of all indigenous fascist movements to achieve ideological novelty, social appeal and eventually political supremacy. In this process, only few ‘fascist’ groups succeeded in seizing power, either autonomously or in coalition with other forces of the right. This article examines a number of interwar regimes and analyses the dynamics of fascism’s transformation from movement to political ‘regime’. Given that the complicity of the traditional right in bringing ‘fascist’ groups to power was decisive everywhere, the article asserts that the evolution of the ‘regime-model’ of fascism can be best understood as a struggle of the fascist component for emancipation and autonomy from its traditional sponsors. Consequently, the physiognomy of the ‘regime-model’ of fascism in every country was shaped in time through a confrontation between the traditional authoritarian pattern (as espoused by the traditional right) and the more radical prescriptions of the fascist groups. The article examines the variables of this confrontation and accounts for the differing levels of dynamism in every regime with ‘fascist’ participation.
The Nature of Fascism
Preface Acknowldgements 1. The 'Nature' of Generic Facsism 2. A New Ideal Type of Generic Facsism 3. Italisan Fascism 4. German Fascism 5. Abortive Fascist Movements in Inter-war Europe 6. Non-European and Post-war Fascisms 7. The Psycho-historical Bases of Generic Fascism 8. Socio-political Determinants of Fascism's Success Postscript Index Glossary