New Man in Radical Right Ideology and Practice 1919-45

Bringing together an expert group of established and emerging scholars this book analyses the pervasive myth of the 'new man' in various fascist movements and far-right regimes between 1919 and 1945. Through a series of ground-breaking case studies focusing on countries in Europe but with additional chapters on Argentina Brazil and Japan <i>The New Man in Radical Right Ideology and Practice 1919-45 </i>argues that what many national forms of far-right politics understood at the time as a so-called 'anthropological revolution' is essential to understanding this ideology's bio-political often revolutionary dynamics. It explores how these movements promoted the creation of a new ideal human what this ideal looked like and what this things tell us about fascism's emergence in the 20th century.<br/><br/>The years after World War One saw the rise of regimes and movements professing totalitarian aims. In the case of revolutionary radical-right movements these totalising goals extended to changing the very nature of humanity through modern science propaganda and conquest. At its most extreme one of the key aims of fascism - the most extreme manifestation of radical right politics between the wars - was to create a 'new man'. Naturally this manifested itself in different ways in varying national contexts and this volume explores these manifestations in order to better comprehend early 20th-century fascism both within national boundaries and in a broader transnational context.