Day 31 – Q 2.What is Fascism? What are its characteristics? Discuss. How did it affect the world?
2. What is Fascism? What are its characteristics? Discuss. How did it affect the world?
फासीवाद क्या है? इसकी विशेषताएं क्या हैं? चर्चा करें। इसने विश्व को को कैसे प्रभावित किया है?
Introduction:
Fascism was considered as Inter-war phenomena and not as ideology. The term fascism comes from Latin word “Facsi” which symbolise “Bundle of rods” which implies Unity and Solidarity.
Body:
Characteristics:
- Supremacy of State: There is nothing outside state, nothing above state and nothing beyond state.
- Totalitarian state: State controls both Public and Private life of its subjects.
- Duty of Citizens: There are no rights but only duties of citizens towards state.
- Obedience to Authority: They believe in Moral freedom i.e. absolute obedience to state.
- Junta Rule: State is led by small sections of Elite Junta.
- All powerful leader: All powers are concentrated in hands of leader who is considered as Super Man.
- Self-Sufficiency: Minimum interference with International Economy.
- Corporate state: State as mediator between Capitalist and Workers.
How it affected the world:
- Expansionist policy: They believed in Imperialism/Expansionist foreign policy.
- Dictatorship: Led to fall of Democracy.
- Hyper-Nationalism: Superiority of Nation.
- Gender Discrimination: They confined women to role of Mothers and Home makers.
- War mongering: They believed and Justified war. “War is to men what Maternity is to Women”.
Note: 1-2 Lines explanation is required for all points. Only basic requirements in explanation is given here.
Conclusion:
Some scholars blame it on World war –I which created militaristic nationalism that resulted into Fascism. But one fact worth mentioning is, it was due to rise of Fascism in Europe and Japan that led to World War – II.
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