Spanish Fascism as a Political Religion (1931–1941)
This article focuses on the controversial argument that Spanish Fascism, organized in the political party Falange Española (FE y de las JONS), can be interpreted as a form of political religion, understood in the sense of Emilio Gentile. The central thesis is that Spanish Fascism was a political rel...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2011
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Politics, religion & ideology
Year: 2011, Volume: 12, Issue: 4, Pages: 371-389 |
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| Summary: | This article focuses on the controversial argument that Spanish Fascism, organized in the political party Falange Española (FE y de las JONS), can be interpreted as a form of political religion, understood in the sense of Emilio Gentile. The central thesis is that Spanish Fascism was a political religion during the Republican period, that is, from the time of its consolidation during the early 1930s to the beginning of the Civil War. However - and this is the main analytical challenge - it was also one after July 1936, in spite of the fact that the formation of Franco's Movimiento Nacional imposed no small transformations upon it. Even if those transformations were linked to the increasingly prominent role played by the Catholic Church and traditional religion, the argument and conclusion of these pages is that an analytical tool such as that of political religion is always useful in dealing with Spanish Fascism and the Francoist dictatorship. |
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| ISSN: | 2156-7697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Politics, religion & ideology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/21567689.2011.624408 |