Fascism, neo-fascism and the crisis of democracy
A conversation with Matteo Albanese
Keywords:
far-right, democracy, populism, polarisation, fascismAbstract
The Matteo Albanese conversation revolves around the definition and evolution of the European far right since the end of the Second World War, the analysis of its main characteristics and its role in democratic societies. One of the first issues addressed in analysing the new extreme right is the conceptualisation of fascism, the implications and difficulties of this concept for civil society and for academic specialists. Albanese considers that, from the point of view of historiographical rigour, fascism is a social and political movement that ended with World War II, but that there are nevertheless elements of its ideology, discourse and political practice that have permeated different movements and political parties present in the democratic game. In this way, after addressing other issues, such as the categorisation of populism or contemporary political and social polarisation, Albanesse will explain that the danger of the new extreme right is not that they are trying to do away with the democratic system in order to impose a new order, as was the intention of fascism in the past, but rather how, from within the system, they are moulding democracy and the political game in order to impose their debates, ideological positions and beliefs.
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