(Liste) Folklore Against Fascism

A historian of fascism answers questions about the early history of one of the 20th century s cruelest ideas.

Folklore against fascism. With the development and spread of italian fascism i e. That folklore can often have fascist undertones is not a new observation michael moorcock was scathing at the implicit fascism of the folkiness of aa milne and jrr tolkien in his splendidly titled essay epic pooh in 1989 but it is unfortunately a timely one. Fascism political ideology and mass movement that dominated many parts of central southern and eastern europe between 1919 and 1945 and that also had adherents in western europe the united states south africa japan latin america and the middle east. If you aren t already calling them hitler tying whoever you oppose to fascism is a great. In european folklore mermaids sometimes called sirens and mermen were natural beings who like fairies had magical and prophetic powers. I ve not had time to look at it for a few weeks though so it seems i missed the occasion when some völkisch fascists tried to hijack it much to the horror of the regular participants. How to use fascism in a sentence.

View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2010 cd release of folk against fascism volume 1 on discogs. The wild hunt is a very widespread motif in indo european folklore and mythology appearing in indian greek czech polish slovenian swedish dutch danish german italian spanish english and welsh legends. Fascism definition is a political philosophy movement or regime such as that of the fascisti that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader severe economic and social regimentation and forcible suppression of opposition. Mermaid masculine merman a fabled marine creature with the head and upper body of a human being and the tail of a fish similar divine or semidivine beings appear in ancient mythologies e g the chaldean sea god ea or oannes. April 24 2020 yvonne aburrow. Organizations such as the arditi del popolo and the italian anarchist union emerged between 1919 1921 to combat the nationalist and fascist surge of the post world war i period. Though there was a taboo against the idea at least in theory after world war ii.

The deity who leads it varies from one culture to another and it has different names in different places but enough shared characteristics to be. The word fascism is a favorite insult for many especially in light of the current political climate.