Comparative Fascist Studies

Introduction  Part 1: Defining Generic Fascism: A New Consensus?  1. Fascism Zeev Sternhell   2. Toward a General Theory of Fascism George L. Mosse  3. Introduction. Fascism: A Working Definition Stanley G. Payne  4. Fascism: General Introduction and The Primacy of Culture: The Current Growth (or Manufacture) of Consensus within Fascist Studies Roger Griffin  5. Towards a New Model of Generic Fascism Roger Eatwell  Part 2: Historical Fascism: Cross-National Comparisons  6. The Five Stages of Fascism Robert O. Paxton  7. A Sociology of Fascist Movements and Conclusion: Fascists, Dead and Alive Michael Mann  8. The 'Regime-Model' of Fascism: A Typology Aristotle A. Kallis  9. Hitler and the Uniqueness of Nazism Ian Kershaw  Part 3: Fascism as Totalitarianism and Political Religion  10. The Sacralisation of Politics: Definitions, Interpretations and Reflections on the Question of Secular Religion and Totalitarianism Emilio Gentile  11. Cloister or Cluster? The Implications of Emilio Gentile's Ecumenical Theory of Political Religion for the Study of Extremism Roger Griffin  12. Nazism and the Revival of Political Religion Theory Richard Steigmann-Gall  13. God's Chosen Warriors: Romantic Palingenesis, Militarism and Fascism in Modern Romania Constantin Iordachi

Constantin Iordachi is Assistant Professor of History at the Central European University, Budapest.

'This is a collection of academic pieces by some of the most eminent scholars in the field of fascist studies of the last forty years. And what a superb collection it is' -- Mike McCabe, S.A.T.H. Resources Review