WORLD HISTORY

INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939

FASCISM IN ITALY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the basis for fascism?
A
Communist ideas
B
extreme nationalism
C
rights for the individual
D
the Aryan race
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Fascism’s extreme authoritarianism and nationalism often manifests as belief in racial purity or a master race, usually blended with some variant of racism or bigotry against a demonized “Other", such as Jews.

Detailed explanation-2: -Common themes among fascist movements include: authoritarianism, nationalism (including racial nationalism), hierarchy and elitism, and militarism. Other aspects of fascism such as its “myth of decadence", anti-egalitarianism and totalitarianism can be seen to originate from these ideas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Extreme Nationalism: The fascist state uses national glory and the fear of outside threats to build a new society based on the “common will” of the people. Fascists believe in action and looking at national myths for guidance rather than relying on the “barren intellectualism” of science and reason.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fascism arose during the 1920s and ‘30s partly out of fear of the rising power of the working classes; it differed from contemporary communism (as practiced under Joseph Stalin) by its protection of business and landowning elites and its preservation of class systems.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ultranationalism or extreme nationalism is an extreme form of nationalism in which a country asserts or maintains detrimental hegemony, supremacy, or other forms of control over other nations (usually through violent coercion) to pursue its specific interests.

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