Attractions of Fascism

Part 1 Reconstructing the past: the child and the She-Wolf - memories of a fascist child, Silvio Trambaiolo; the oppressors and the oppressed in interaction - a shared dimension of everyday life, Mira Crouch; Giorgio Bassani - historian of the heart, Suzanne Kiernan. Part 2 Constructing fascism: the birth of fascism man from the spirit of the front - from Langemarck to Verdun, Bernard Huppauf; Georges Bataille's diagnosis of fascism and some second opinions, Anthony Stephens. Part 3 Seduction of (by) the "intellectuals"?: Artur Dinter - a successful fascist author in prefascist Germany, Gunter Hartung; theatre and the French right in the Thirties - nostalgia for "un cheffort et autoritaire", Alan Chamberlain; language, modernity and fascism - Heidegger's doubling of myth, Kathryn Brown. Part 4 Fascism and sexuality: fascism and the Hypertrophy of male adolescence, Silke Hesse; "My sex the revolver" - fascism as a theatre for the compensation of male inadequacies, John Milfull; early women supporters of national socialism, Carole Adams, Gisela Kaplan. Part 5 The fascist society - ideology and reality: the attractions of Italian fascism for the church of Rome, Jone Gaillard; Italian fascism, legality and author's right, David Saunders; "Material incentives" - the lust for "Jewish property", Konrad Kwiet; politics and canonicity - constructing "Literature in the Third Reich", Martin Travers; the ritual and stage management of national socialism, Wolfgang Benz. Part 6 The "Export" of fascism: Italian fascism in Australia 1922-1945, Gianfranco Cresciani; an old-style imperialist as National Socialist - Consul-General Dr Rudolf Asmis (1979-1945?), John Perkins.