Fascism as a radical people’s revolution Notes on the nature of ideological regimes with regard to post-war developments in Czechoslovakia, part I. Cover Image

Fašismus jako radikální lidová revoluce Poznámky k povaze ideologických režimů s ohledem na poválečný vývoj v Československu – I. část
Fascism as a radical people’s revolution Notes on the nature of ideological regimes with regard to post-war developments in Czechoslovakia, part I.

Author(s): Petr Placák
Subject(s): WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, Fascism, Nazism and WW II
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Keywords: Czechoslovakia; 1945-1948; German National Socialism; Stalinist Communism; comparison;

Summary/Abstract: The author includes events in Czechoslovakia between 1945–1948 in a pan-European context of the non-democratic mass movements at the end of and after the First World War. These movements were called fascist, with the term fascism understood primarily as political activism, which refers to the abstract concept of people and does not feel limited by any existing constitutional, legal, social, or other order. The first of the two parts of the study is focused primarily on comparing German National Socialism with Stalinist Communism and the Soviet Union. This comparison (named by subchapter – Restrictions of the Period, Propaganda As Part of Democratic Discourse, Antidemocratic Fascism, The Mother of War, The New Man, Anticapitalism As a Link, Classless Society, The Nature of the Movement, Absolute Democracy, The Leadership Principle, The Great War in Czechoslovakia) is the starting point for the author to understand the process of the Communist takeover of post-war Czechoslovakia.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 28-54
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Czech