Neo-Fascism

Neo-Fascism is the term used to describe a range of groups emerging after the Second World War that display significant elements of Fascism, or Clerical Fascism.

Related Topics:
Second World War - Fascism - Clerical Fascism

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Groups and movements that also include as core tenets racial nationalism, antisemitism, and praise for Hitler, are discussed on the page Neo-Nazism. Groups and movements that are constructed around a religious identity or theology are discussed on the page Neofascism and religion.

Related Topics:
Neo-Nazism - Neofascism and religion

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Allegations that a group is neofascist are often hotly contested. Sometimes the term is used as a hyperbolic political attack that uses the term fascism as a politic epithet or slur.

Related Topics:
Hyperbolic - The term fascism as a politic epithet or slur

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The definitional debates and arguments by academics over the nature of fascism fill entire bookshelves. Most scholars consider Fascism to be an authoritarian political movement, and it is generally considered to be part of, or in coalition with, the extreme right. There is also a minority view that Fascism is a fundamentally leftwing ideology as Fascism. This debate is discussed on the Fascism page.

Related Topics:
Fascism - Authoritarian - Extreme right

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First adopted in Italy during the 1930s, Fascism spread across Europe between World War I and World War II. Neofascism is the term used to describe fascist movements active after World War II.

Related Topics:
Italy - 1930s - Europe - World War I - World War II

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In some cases the term Neo-Fascist (note uppercase 'F') by movements that express a specific admiration for Benito Mussolini, the insignia of Fascist Italy (e.g. the fasces, the Roman salute) and features specific to Fascist Italy. This usually includes ultranationalism, nativism, and various illiberal attitudes.

Related Topics:
Benito Mussolini - Fascist Italy - Fasces - Roman salute - Italy - Ultranationalism - Nativism - Illiberal

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Neo-fascist (note lowercase 'f') movements can draw on an eclectic mix of attachment to Italian Fascism, German Nazism, and the fascisms of other nations.

Related Topics:
Italian Fascism - German Nazism

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