FASCISM

Group 5
OBJECTIVES:
• Emphasize the Nation/Race over individual.
• “Strength through unity”
• Fasces
• Centralized rule under a dictator
• Complete political authority
WHAT IS FASCISM?
• an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing
system of government and social organization.
• is a highly nationalist, militaristic, totalitarian
political ideology in which person has absolute
power.
 COMES FROM
ITALIAN FASCISMO,
FROM FASCIO
‘BUNDLE,
POLITICAL GROUP’,
FROM LATIN
FASCIS ‘ROD’
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“STRENGTH
THROUGH
UNITY”
NATION/ RACE OVER
INDIVIDUAL
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.
FASCES
Badge of authority
Fasces are a badge of authority in
ancient Rome, consisting of a bundle of
rods and an ax with a blade sticking out.
They were carried by lictors, or
attendants, of magistrates and
symbolized penal power.
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TOLITARIANISM
-considered an extreme form of
authoritarianism, in which government
controls almost all aspects of the public
and private lives of the people.
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TOLITARIANISM VS.
FASCISM
• fascism and totalitarianism are similar—both being forms of
authoritarianism—and often used interchangeably, there are some
differences between the two.
• Fascism is a much older political ideology than totalitarianism. A more
extreme rightwing authoritarian concept, fascism demands absolute and
uncompromising loyalty to the nation or predominant race.
• Totalitarian regimes rely mainly on government propaganda machinery to
publicize the cause of the nation and spread half-truths or false stories
about the failures of other systems and the successes of the regime.
 CENTRALIZED RULE
UNDER A DICTATOR.

COMPLETE POLITICAL
AUTHORITY.
 IN GENERAL…
Fascism prioritizes the nation over the
individual, who exists to serve the nation."
and as "an ultranationalist, authoritarian
political philosophy. It combines elements
of nationalism, militarism, economic self-
sufficiency, and totalitarianism