HIST. Varieties of Fascism: Histories, Theories, Controversies

Instructor

Gordon

Date/Time

W 9:45 - 11:45 pm

This conference course, for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, will examine the significance of fascism both past and present. We will explore its historical emergence, its variations across time and space, and the question of its possible relevance as a descriptive and normative term for the assessment of political phenomena in our own era.  Readings will include works by Robert Paxton, Ernst Nolte, Federico Finchelstein, Hannah Arendt, and others.  The course will be accompanied by an occasional lecture series convened at the Center for European Studies. Admission by permission of the instructor.