Specters of Fascism: The Rhetoric of Historical Analogy in 1968

TitleSpecters of Fascism: The Rhetoric of Historical Analogy in 1968
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsBen Mercer
JournalJournal of Modern History
Volume88
Issue1
Pagination96-129
ISSN00222801
Abstract

The essay explores the use of the term "fascist" during the student movements and their opposition during the late 1960s in Western Europe. It studies rhetoric including slogans, speeches, and literature and considers its pejorative use, focusing particularly on the student movements of 1968 at the Free University of Berlin, the Faculty of Sociology at Trento in Italy, and the campus of Nanterre in Paris, France. Topics include radicalism, counterculture, collective memory, and historiography.

Short TitleSpecters of Fascism