Fascist Faith of the Legion 'Archangel Michael' in Romania, 19271941 - Martyrdom and National Purification

The Fascist Faith of the Legion "Archangel Michael" in Romania, 1927-1941 engages critically with recent works on fascism, totalitarianism, and religion, and advances an original theoretical and methodological approach to fascism as a political faith.

List of contents

Introduction: Fascism as a Political Faith: Toward a New Research Framework

PART I
A New Covenant: The Making of the Legionary Political Faith, 1927-1937

1. National Unification, Cleavages, and Charismatic Nationalism in Greater Romania


2. A New Political Faith: National Authenticity and theCult of the Ancestors


3. Charismatic Nationalism, Patriarchalism, and Salvation: The Cult of the "Captain"


4. Manufacturing Martyrdom: The Cult of the Fallen Soldiers, Terrorism, and Salvific Sacrifice


5. Fascist Constituencies: Social Identities and Fascist Radicalization
PART II
A Continuum of Dictatorships: Hybrid Totalitarian Experiments, 1937-1944


6. Carol Ii's Dictatorship: From Antifascism to Fascistization (1938-1940)


7. Teaching the New Faith: The Legion's Rule (1940-1941)


8. A Fascist Festival of the Dead: Codreanu's Reburial and the Politics of National Resurrection


9. The Legionary Faith and the Romanian Orthodox Church

Conclusion: From a Civil Religion to a Fascist Political Faith

About the author

Constantin Iordachi is Professor of History at the Central European University in Vienna, Austria.

Summary

The Fascist Faith of the Legion "Archangel Michael" in Romania, 1927–1941 engages critically with recent works on fascism, totalitarianism, and religion, and advances an original theoretical and methodological approach to fascism as a political faith.

Product details

• Authors: Constantin Iordachi, Constantin (Central European University Iordachi, Iordachi Constantin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2022
• EAN: 9781138624436
• ISBN: 978-1-138-62443-6
• No. of pages: 474
• Series: Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Europe, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Fascism & Nazism, Far-right political ideologies and movements