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Fascism
Fascism is a political ideology combining virulent nationalism, extreme political authoritarianism, corporatist or quasi-socialist ideas, and a cultural rebellion against democracy, liberalism, and Marxism. Fascist ideology reached its zenith in Europe between 1918 and 1945, when it was promoted by social and political movements across Europe and sometimes managed to seize the reins of government. And yet fascism is not limited exclusively to interwar Europe. Its ideational and cultural origins can be traced back to the late nineteenth century; and fascist movements and ideas continued to surface in the post-1945 era, when they came to be known as neofascism. The term Fascism derives from the name of the Italian movement founded by Benito Mussolini in 1919, and which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943. In ...
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