Early Nordic Fascism and Antisemitic Conspiracism
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Early Nordic Fascism and Antisemitic Conspiracism. / Bak, Sofie Lene; Emberland, Terje; Lööw, Heléne ; Silvennoinen, Oula .
Nordic Fascism: Fragments of an Entangled History. red. / Nicola Karcher; Markus Lundström. London/New York : Routledge, 2022. s. 15-50 (Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right).Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Early Nordic Fascism and Antisemitic Conspiracism
AU - Bak, Sofie Lene
AU - Emberland, Terje
AU - Lööw, Heléne
AU - Silvennoinen, Oula
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - It is a common notion in the historiography of Nordic fascism that antisemitism only became a prominent feature in the mid-1930s under the influence of Nazi Germany. This chapter challenges this perception by examining the ideas and activities of antisemitic parties and propagandists in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland from the 1920s and early 1930s. These antisemitic propagandists were among the earliest promoters of fascism in the Nordic countries and among the founders of the first movements, years before the Third Reich was established. However, their relations with the fascist organisations they helped launch soon became strained and, for some, rather short-lived, as the earlier parties gradually became a liability to the later movements. Their role as fascist pioneers, as well as their uneasy relationship with the movements they co-founded, is explained by the concept of conspiracism. Applying the concept to studies of antisemitism enables a theoretical distinction between racism and conspiracism, both relating to fantasies, yet distinctively different in terms of argumentative logic and feasible integration in ideological systems such as – but not limited to –fascism.
AB - It is a common notion in the historiography of Nordic fascism that antisemitism only became a prominent feature in the mid-1930s under the influence of Nazi Germany. This chapter challenges this perception by examining the ideas and activities of antisemitic parties and propagandists in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland from the 1920s and early 1930s. These antisemitic propagandists were among the earliest promoters of fascism in the Nordic countries and among the founders of the first movements, years before the Third Reich was established. However, their relations with the fascist organisations they helped launch soon became strained and, for some, rather short-lived, as the earlier parties gradually became a liability to the later movements. Their role as fascist pioneers, as well as their uneasy relationship with the movements they co-founded, is explained by the concept of conspiracism. Applying the concept to studies of antisemitism enables a theoretical distinction between racism and conspiracism, both relating to fantasies, yet distinctively different in terms of argumentative logic and feasible integration in ideological systems such as – but not limited to –fascism.
U2 - 10.4324/9781003193005-2
DO - 10.4324/9781003193005-2
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9781032040301
T3 - Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
SP - 15
EP - 50
BT - Nordic Fascism
A2 - Karcher, Nicola
A2 - Lundström, Markus
PB - Routledge
CY - London/New York
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