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The increasing radicalization of political life in most countries in Europe lends special relevance to studies of the antifascist legacies on the continent. This insightful collection of essays is an in-depth review of antifascism in Slovenia, setting it in the context of related movements elsewhere in Europe. The period treated by the 19 essays comprises the interwar period, World War Two, and the post-war decades. The comparative and transnational perspectives advanced by the volume change our understanding of antifascism. The essays deal with the right-wing but also left-wing instrumentalization of antifascism, with a particular focus on the communist and post-communist periods. The authors point out that antifascism comes in various strains, whether inspired by liberalism, social democracy, communism, monarchism, anarchism, or even Christian conservatism. The contributors bring to light several overlooked antifascist actors, campaigns, and organisations, mostly in Slovenia and the Adriatic area.

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Author:   Jože Pirjevec (Principal Research Associate, Science and Research Centre, Koper) ,  Egon Pelikan (Head, Institute of Historical Studies of the Science and Research Centre, Koper) ,  Sabrina P. Ramet (Professor of Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim)
Publisher:   Central European University Press
Imprint:   Central European University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.585kg
ISBN:  

9789633866573

ISBN 10:   963386657
Pages:   308
Publication Date:   30 September 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: What is Anti-Fascism? Its Values, its Strengths, its Diversities Jože Pirjevec, Egon Pelikan, and Sabrina P. Ramet   PART I. Anti-Fascism in Fascist Italiy's Borderlands Chapter 1. Hate Speech Jože Pirjevec  Chapter 2. Comparison of Fascist and national defense discourse Vesna Mikolič Chapter 3. Fascism, Anti-fascism, and Ethnic Engineering in the Former Austrian Littoral Borut Klabjan Chapter 4. Persevering on the Ramparts of the Nation: The Anti-fascism of Educated Women, Feminists, and Activists in the Littoral in the 1920s Marta Verginella  Chapter 5. The anti-fascism of the Slovenian and Croatian Clergy in the Julian March during the Interwar Period – A View from the Vatican Egon Pelikan  PART II. The Diversity of Anti-Fascism Chapter 6. The Anti-fascism of Hans & Sophie Scholl: Intellectual Sources of the White Rose Sabrina P. Ramet and Christine M. Hassenstab Chapter 7. The Committee against Neofascism and Racial Prejudices: Nordic Anti-Fascist Organizing and International Solidarity in the 1960s Pontus Järvstad Chapter 8. Anti-fascism in the land of holy water blessed by the swastika: The case of the Slovak State Marek Syrný and Anton Hruboň  Chapter 9. Mussolini, Vilfan and the Slovenian minority Gianfranco Cresciani  Chapter 10. From the Bauhaus to Buchenwald and to Berlin: Anti-fascism and Career in the Life of Franz Ehrlich Klaus Tragbar PART III. Anti-Fascism as a Legitimating Ideology Chapter 11. Passing the Torch: The Challenges of Anti-fascist Memory Transmission through Youth Ritual and Commemoration in the GDR Catherine J. Plum Chapter 12. Memory Practices in Slovenia through the Lens of Public Opinion Vida Rožac Darovec Chapter 13. A Note about the Collective Memory of Anti-Fascism since World War Two and its Revision Božo Repe  Chapter 14. A Dire Warning to All Ethnic Minorities in Europe? Fascist Repression in South Tyrol and the Formation of Swedish-Speaking Anti-fascism in Finland Kasper Braskén  Chapter 15. Maritime Communists Against Fascism and in Defense of the USSR: Transnational Anti-fascism in a Danish Perspective, 1933-1938 Jesper Jørgensen  Afterword: “Are you a communist? No, I am an anti-fascist” Nigel Copsey About the authors For further reading Index of Names

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""In this volume, the editors have assembled a wide array of contributions covering the complex history of antifascism, fascism, and anti-anti-fascism in Italy, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Slovakia and, last but not least, Slovenia. The ongoing war in Europe, and its alleged goal of fighting Ukrainian ‘nazism’, is proof of how important such knowledge and scholarship is for historians and non-historians alike."" https://www.prio.org/journals/jpr/booknotes/379 -- Jonas Bals * Journal of Peace Research *

"""Timely and original, this edited volume brings together a combination of thoughtful and well-crafted articles. Many of the case studies and micro-histories of Italy, Slovenia, Germany, Denmark, Slovakia, and Finland cast new light on anti-fascism's important role. This volume is essential reading for all scholars who care about the past and the future of Central Europe."" --Cathie Carmichael ""At a time when 'fascism' and 'anti-fascism' have too often been flung around like weapons in a children's wet sponge fighting using filthy water, this extraordinarily comprehensive book is a welcome addition to the small number of reliable sources about the modern fight against the extreme right available to serious academics and political journalists. With an unusual degree of conceptual sophistication in the way it addresses the rich theme of anti-fascism, it not only offers a uniquely wide coverage of its many interwar manifestations, but also takes a hard look at its complex post-war evolutions and permutations. Nor does it neglect the special place in the struggle against fascism occupied by women and communists in the defense of their own causes. Anti-Fascism in European History sets a new benchmark for genuinely comparative and collaborative politico-historical studies purged of any trace of spurious distinctions between the center and the periphery, or the political, the social and the historical."" --Roger Griffin"

Author Information

Jože Pirjevec is a Principal Research Associate at the Science and Research Centre, Koper, and a Full Member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. As a recipient of grants from Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Foundation, the Nobel Institute, the Soviet Academy of Sciences and other reputable institutions, he has conducted research work in Washington, London, Berlin, Moscow, and other archives and libraries.  Egon Pelikan is a full professor and head of the Institute of Historical Studies of the Science and Research Centre in Koper (Slovenia). As a member of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, he was a visiting professor at the Department of History of the University of Duisburg-Essen (2004/2005). Sabrina P. Ramet is a Professor Emerita of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. She is also a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and a Research Associate of the Science and Research Center of the Republic of Slovenia, Koper. She is the author of 13 scholarly books.

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