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Chapter 11 Deep Roots: The Post-Fascist Legacies of the Current Western European Far Right

Wiebke Keim

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After the end of the Second World War all over Europe, fascists had to reconfigure. In Italy, the home country of originary fascism, the resistance movement went public and started to engage in the official politics of the country. The remaining fascists of the Italian Social Republic, if not in prisoner-of-war camps or jail, in turn, went underground as the new government banned any attempt to form a fascist organization or party. They also had to fear the revenge of the antifascist resistant fighters who appear to have killed around 2,344 fascists or maybe more (Weinberg, 1979: 13). However, following an amnesty in 1946, many fascists became politically active again, claiming continuity with the Social Republic. The main political party they founded was the Italian Social Movement (MSI), represented by the symbol of the tricolour flame over a funeral bier expressing their commitment to pursue Mussolini's legacy. There was a strong 'continuity with the past', i.e., with interwar fascism, confirming 'the authenticity of the MSI's Fascist credentials':

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Sociologie Histoire
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halshs-03908709 , version 1 (31-01-2023)

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Wiebke Keim. Chapter 11 Deep Roots: The Post-Fascist Legacies of the Current Western European Far Right. Scripting defiance. Four sociological vignettes, pp.431-478, 2022, 978-81-950559-1-3. ⟨halshs-03908709⟩
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