Waiting for a Polish Mussolini. The Concepts and Contexts of ‘Fascism’ in Early Polish Right-Wing Political Discourse (1922–6): An Exploratory Study

• Authors: Grzegorz Krzywiec
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

The article presents the emergence and rooting of the concept of ‘fascism’ in Polish right-wing discourses, especially in the widely understood local nationalist movement of the 20th century (National Democracy, Endecja). According to the author, the early 1920s, and above all the period of Mussolini’s gaining power in Italy, was a decisive time (Sattelzeit by R. Koselleck) for the reception and transfer of both fascist concepts and ideas as a transnational phenomenon. Still, it also significantly influenced the radicalisation of the native right-wing identity in interwar Poland. However, the author proves how vital the role of radical anti-Semitism was in forming indigenous right-wing discourses and their subsequent political practices.

Keywords

PL

anti-Semitism; discourse analysis; Mussolini’s Italy; history of concepts; National Democracy; Polish right-wing; transnational fascism

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN w Warszawie
• Journal: Acta Poloniae Historica
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 123
• Pages: 143-185

Dates

published

2021-07-18

Contributors

author

Grzegorz Krzywiec

• Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1649-866X

Identifiers

DOI

10.12775/APH.2021.123.06