The Fascist Faith Of The Legion Archangel Michael In Romania 1927 1941

Author : Constantin Iordachi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429765803

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The Fascist Faith of the Legion "Archangel Michael" in Romania, 1927–1941 by Constantin Iordachi Pdf

The Fascist Faith of the Legion "Archangel Michael" in Romania, 1927–1941 engages critically with recent works on fascism, totalitarianism, and religion, and advances an original theoretical and methodological approach to fascism as a political faith. On this basis, the book constructs an innovative comparative research framework for reconceptualizing the history of the Legion "Archangel Michael" in Romania, 1927–1941. It contends that the Legion put forward a palingenetic political faith of a theological type, called Legionarism. To provide a comprehensive analysis of the origins, main features, mechanisms of institutionalization, and demise of this self-proclaimed salvific political faith, the book documents the palingenetic foundations of the Legionary faith, the syncretism between fascist and Christian rites and rituals, and the intricate relationship between the Legion and the Orthodox Church and its dogma. The book documents three main sacrificial strategies employed by the Legion to "re-evangelize" the people in the new faith: (1) the appropriation of the cult of the fallen soldiers; (2) terrorist missions meant to create fascist heroes through violent sacrifice; and (3) sanctification through heroic fight for Christianity in the Spanish Civil War, in an attempt to link Legionarism with the transnational crusade against "Judeo-Bolshevism." As well as providing a detailed historical and interpretive account of the Legion, the book makes a significant contribution to debates about defining fascism and its relation to religion. It also provides novel comparative perspectives for studying other attempts at constructing fascist faiths in interwar Europe, most notably in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany but also in Central and Eastern Europe. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of fascism, Romanian studies, politics and religion, political theory, totalitarianism, youth radicalization, violence, and the emergence of terrorism.

Author : Constantin Iordachi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0429428049

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The Fascist Faith of the Legion "Archangel Michael" in Romania, 1927-41 by Constantin Iordachi Pdf

"The Fascist Faith of the Legion "Archangel Michael" in Romania, 1927-41 engages critically with recent works on fascism, totalitarianism, and religion, and advances an original theoretical and methodological approach to fascism as a political faith. On this basis, the book constructs an innovative comparative research framework for reconceptualizing the history of the Legion "Archangel Michael" in Romania, 1927-41. It contends that the Legion put forward a palingenetic political faith of a theological type, called legionarism. To provide a comprehensive analysis of the origins, main features, mechanisms of institutionalization and demise of this self-proclaimed salvific political faith, the book documents the palingenetic foundations of the Legionary faith, the syncretism between fascist and Christian rites and rituals, and the intricate relationship between the Legion and the Orthodox Church and its dogma. The book documents three main sacrificial strategies employed by the Legion to 're-evangelize' the people in the new faith: (1) the appropriation of the cult of the fallen soldiers; (2) terrorist missions meant to create fascist heroes through violent sacrifice; and (3) sanctification through heroic fight for Christianity in the Spanish Civil War, in an attempt to link legionarism with the transnational crusade against "Judeo-Bolshevism." As well as providing a detailed historical and interpretive account of the Legion, the book makes a significant contribution to debates about defining fascism and its relation to religion. It also provides novel comparative perspectives for studying other attempts at constructing fascist faiths in interwar Europe, most notably in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of fascism, politics and religion, political theory, Romanian history, youth radicalization, violence, and the emergence of terrorism"--

Author : Constantin Iordachi,Aristotle Kallis
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030468316

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Beyond the Fascist Century by Constantin Iordachi,Aristotle Kallis Pdf

This book evaluates the current and future state of fascism studies, reflecting on the first hundred years of fascism and looking ahead to a new era in which fascism studies increasingly faces fresh questions concerning its relevance and the potential reappearance of fascism. This wide-ranging work celebrates Roger Griffin’s contributions to fascism studies – in conceptual and definitional terms, but also in advancing our understanding of fascism – which have informed related research in a number of fields and directions since the 1990s. Bringing together three ‘generations’ of fascism scholars, the book offers a combination of broad conceptual essays and contributions focusing on particular themes and facets of fascism. The book features chapters, which, although diverse in their approaches, explore Griffin’s work while also engaging critically with other schools of thought. As such, it identifies new avenues of research in fascism studies, placing Griffin’s work within the context of new and emerging voices in the field.

Author : Constantin Iordachi
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004401112

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Liberalism, Constitutional Nationalism, and Minorities by Constantin Iordachi Pdf

Winner of the 2019 CEU Award for Outstanding Research The book explores the making of Romanian nation-state citizenship (1750-1918) as a series of acts of emancipation of subordinated groups (Greeks, Gypsies/Roma, Armenians, Jews, Muslims, peasants, women, and Dobrudjans). Its innovative interdisciplinary approach to citizenship in the Ottoman and post-Ottoman Balkans appeals to a diverse readership.

Author : Marco Bresciani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000332575

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Conservatives and Right Radicals in Interwar Europe by Marco Bresciani Pdf

This book features a broad range of thematic and national case studies which explore the interrelations and confrontations between conservatives and the radical Right in the European and global contexts of the interwar years. It investigates the political, social, cultural, and economic issues that conservatives and radicals tried to address and solve in the aftermaths of the Great War. Conservative forces ended up prevailing over far-right forces in the 1920s, with the notable exception of the Fascist regime in Italy. But over the course of the 1930s, and the ascent of the Nazi regime in Germany, political radicalisation triggered both competition and hybridisation between conservative and right-wing radical forces, with increased power for far-right and fascist movements. The book will be of great interest to students and scholars of politics, history, fascism, and Nazism.

Author : Roland Clark
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801456336

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Holy Legionary Youth by Roland Clark Pdf

Founded in 1927, Romania’s Legion of the Archangel Michael was one of Europe’s largest and longest-lived fascist social movements. In Holy Legionary Youth, Roland Clark draws on oral histories, memoirs, and substantial research in the archives of the Romanian secret police to provide the most comprehensive account of the Legion in English to date. Clark approaches Romanian fascism by asking what membership in the Legion meant to young Romanian men and women. Viewing fascism "from below," as a social category that had practical consequences for those who embraced it, he shows how the personal significance of fascism emerged out of Legionaries’ interactions with each other, the state, other political parties, families and friends, and fascist groups abroad. Official repression, fascist spectacle, and the frequency and nature of legionary activities changed a person’s everyday activities and relationships in profound ways. Clark’s sweeping history traces fascist organizing in interwar Romania to nineteenth-century grassroots nationalist movements that demanded political independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It also shows how closely the movement was associated with the Romanian Orthodox Church and how the uniforms, marches, and rituals were inspired by the muscular, martial aesthetic of fascism elsewhere in Europe. Although antisemitism was a key feature of official fascist ideology, state violence against Legionaries rather than the extensive fascist violence against Jews had a far greater impact on how Romanians viewed the movement and their role in it. Approaching fascism in interwar Romania as an everyday practice, Holy Legionary Youth offers a new perspective on European fascism, highlighting how ordinary people "performed" fascism by working together to promote a unique and totalizing social identity.

Author : David Renton
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781000776430

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Horatio Bottomley and the Far Right Before Fascism by David Renton Pdf

Horatio Bottomley and the Far Right Before Fascism examines Bottomley’s life and politics, and what made him one of the great figures of Edwardian life. During the first World War, his magazine John Bull sold two million copies a week. Bottomley addressed huge crowds urging them to wage a way of extermination against ordinary Germans. The first chairman of the Financial Times, the inspiration for Toad in The Wind in the Willows, Bottomley was also a major figure in post-1918 politics, urging Conservative voters to dump their leaders and try something new. This carefully researched biography, the first new life of Bottomley for 50 years, shows how he began on the centre-left of Edwardian politics and then moved to the margins, becoming a leading figure on the Edwardian far right, and pre-empting the non-fascist far right of our own days. This book will appeal to scholars and students with interests in political history, fascism and the far right.

Author : Constantin Iordachi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Romania
ISBN : 8299579252

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Charisma, Politics and Violence by Constantin Iordachi Pdf

Author : Jasmine Calver
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000773743

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Anti-Fascism, Gender, and International Communism by Jasmine Calver Pdf

Anti-Fascism, Gender, and International Communism provides a comprehensive history of the Comite mondial des femmes contre la guerre et le fascisme (CMF), an international women’s organisation concerned with confronting the impact of fascism on women and children across the globe. Women played an essential role in the international struggle against fascism during the interwar period, although a focus on the efforts of men and political figures by the historiography has largely overshadowed women’s interventions against right-wing dictatorships. Through an examination of the committee’s key figures, strategies, connections, and campaigns, this book offers a significant contribution to the histories of both women’s activism and anti-fascist activism by positioning the CMF as an important contributor to international political advocacy in the interwar period. Further, the group’s association with international communism and the burgeoning Popular Front movement placed the CMF at the forefront of global debates about the threat posed by fascism and imperialism. This book explores how the professional women activists and the working-class women who populated the organisation developed a committee which advocated for women on a global scale. It charts how the CMF utilised a variety of physical spaces and literary formats to co-ordinate anti-fascist actions through its expansive and ambitious campaigns. The author also demonstrates the close connections between the Communist International and the CMF as a communist front organisation, to provide context for the group’s decision-making and prioritisation of certain campaigns over others. This book will be of interest to scholars of anti-fascism, feminism, women’s history, communism, activism, internationalism, anti-imperialism, and French history.

Author : Constantin Iordachi
Publisher : Balkan Studies Library
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9004358889

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Liberalism, Constitutional Nationalism, and Minorities by Constantin Iordachi Pdf

This book documents the making of Romanian citizenship from 1750 to 1918 as a series of acts of national self-determination by the Romanians, as well as the emancipation of subordinated gender, social, and ethno-religious groups. It focuses on the progression of a sum of transnational "questions" that were at the heart of North-Atlantic, European, and local politics during the long nineteenth century, concerning the status of peasants, women, Greeks, Jews, Roma, Armenians, Muslims, and Dobrudjans. The analysis emphasizes the fusion between nationalism and liberalism, and the emancipatory impact national-liberalism had on the transition from the Old Regime to the modern order of the nation-state. While emphasizing liberalism's many achievements, the study critically scrutinizes the liberal doctrine of legal-political "capacity" and the dark side of nationalism, marked by tendencies toward exclusion. It highlights the challenges nascent liberal democracies face in the process of consolidation and the enduring appeal of illiberalism in periods of upheaval, represented mainly by nativism. The book's innovative interdisciplinary approach to citizenship in the Ottoman and post-Ottoman Balkans and the richness of the sources employed, appeal to a diverse readership. Constantin Iordachi teaches at the Central European University, Budapest. He has published widely on citizenship, nationalism and fascism. His most recent project is Martyrdom to Purification: The Fascist Faith of the Legion Archangel Michael' in Romania, 1927-1941 (London: Routledge, forthcoming 2019).

Author : Radu Ioanid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015019826471

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The Sword of the Archangel by Radu Ioanid Pdf

Surveys Romanian studies on the native fascist movement and the Holocaust period, and remarks on distorted interpretations in Romanian official historiography. Tracing the evolution of nationalist and extreme-right ideologies, focuses on the antisemitic theories in the writings of A.C. Cuza, N. Crainic, and Nae Ionescu. On pp. 116-131 emphasizes the importance of antisemitism and racism in the ideology of the Iron Guard, and the influence of Nazi ideology. Examines the anti-Jewish policy of Antonescu's regime and Iron Guard violence, especially the Bucharest pogrom in January 1941. Ch. 6 (pp. 199-234), "Administering the Physical Extermination of the Rumanian Jews", gives details and statistics (see also annexed tables, on pp. 296-320) concerning the Jassy pogrom (June 1941), the massacres of the Jews in Bessarabia, Bukovina, and Odessa, and the deportation to Transnistria. Discusses the German project of total deportation of Romanian Jews in 1942, finally rejected by Romanian authorities. The 36 pages at the end of the book contain photographs.

Author : Bruce Lincoln
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780197689103

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Secrets, Lies, and Consequences by Bruce Lincoln Pdf

The tale of a legendary scholar, an unsolved murder, and the mysterious documents that may connect them In early 1991, Ioan Culianu was on the precipice of a brilliant academic career. Culianu had fled his native Romania and established himself as a widely admired scholar at just forty-one years of age. He was teaching at the University of Chicago Divinity School where he was seen as the heir apparent to his mentor, Mircea Eliade, a fellow Romanian expatriate and the founding father of the field of religious studies, who had died a few years earlier. But then Culianu began to receive threatening messages. As his fears grew, he asked a colleague to hold onto some papers for safekeeping. A week later, Culianu was in a Divinity School men's room when someone fired a bullet into the back of his head, killing him instantly. The case was never solved, though the prevailing theory is that Culianu was targeted by the Romanian secret police as a result of critical articles he wrote after the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. What was in those mysterious papers? And what connection might they have to Culianu's death? The papers eventually passed into the hands of Bruce Lincoln, and their story is at the heart of this book. The documents were English translations of articles that Eliade had written in the 1930s, some of which voiced Eliade's support for the Iron Guard, Romania's virulently anti-Semitic mystical fascist movement. Culianu had sought to publish some of these articles but encountered fierce resistance from Eliade's widow. In this book, author Bruce Lincoln explores what the articles reveal about Eliade's past, his subsequent efforts to conceal that past, his complex relations with Culianu, and the possible motives for Culianu's shocking murder.

Author : Nicholas M Talavera
Publisher : Histria Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781592113033

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The Green Shirts and the Others by Nicholas M Talavera Pdf

This book is a newly revised edition of Nicholas M. Nagy-Talavera’s classic work The Green Shirts and the Others published by the Hoover Institution Press in 1970. This book is the standard work in English on the history of fascism in Romania and Hungary. The Green Shirts and the Others is the first comprehensive and comparative work in English on the history of the fascist movements in Hungary and Romania. The author presents an objective account of the history of the two countries from 1918 to 1945 and the role of fascist movements during these years. He considers the rise of these movements, the Arrow Cross in Hungary and the Legion of the Archangel Michael in Romania. He considers their evolution and growth during the interwar period, as well as during the tragic periods in which each movement came to power in its respective country. The author then draws conclusions and parallels from the comparative history of the two movements. The author, Nicholas M. Nagy-Talavera, was a leading American expert on the history of Hungary and Romania during the interwar period and World War II. He was a professor of history at California State University, Chico. His other books include Nicolae Iorga: A Biography.

Author : John R. Lampe,Mark Mazower
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9786155053856

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Ideologies and National Identities by John R. Lampe,Mark Mazower Pdf

Twentieth-century Southeastern Europe endured three, separate decades of international and civil war, and was marred in forced migration and wrenching systematic changes. This book is the result of a year-long project by the Open Society Institute to examine and reappraise this tumultuous century. A cohort of young scholars with backgrounds in history, anthropology, political science, and comparative literature were brought together for this undertaking. The studies invite attention to fascism, socialism, and liberalism as well as nationalism and Communism. While most chapters deal with war and confrontation, they focus rather on the remembrance of such conflicts in shaping today's ideology and national identity.

Author : Roland Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Mysticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215278040

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Nationalism, Ethnotheology, and Mysticism in Interwar Romania by Roland Clark Pdf