European Socialists Respond to Fascism: Ideology, Activism and Contingency in th

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Based on documents collected in six European countries, European Socialists Respond to Fascism: Ideology, Activism and Contingency in the 1930s is a transnational study of largely parallel developments in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, and Spain in the years 1933-1936.

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Based on documents collected in six European countries, European Socialists Respond to Fascism: Ideology, Activism and Contingency in the 1930s is a transnational study of largely parallel developments in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, and Spain in the years 1933-1936.Triggered into action by the shock effect of the Nazi rise to power in Germany, socialists throughout Western Europe entered an unusually active period of practicalreorientation and debate over political strategy which helped determine the contours of European politics up to the outbreak of World War II and beyond. Stressing the transnational dimension of this processwhile simultaneously integrating local, regional, and national factors, this work finds that it was social democracy, rather than communism, that acted as the primary vehicle for radical change among European marxists during the 1930s.Following major figures within the European left and the significant events that made up the inter-war period, Gerd-Rainer Horn demonstrates the interconnectedness of Europe's interwar socialists. Finally, Horn manages to relate thesefindings to the ongoing interdisciplinary debate on structure, agency, and contingency in the historical process.

Author Biography

Gerd-Rainer Horn has been Professor of History at Sciences Po, Paris, France, since 2013. He has previously taught at Western Oregon University, the University of Huddersfield, and the University of Warwick. His area of research expertise is the twentieth century history of transnational social movements in continental Western Europe. His other publications with Oxford University Press include The Spirit of Vatican II: Western European Left Catholicism in theLong Sixties, 1959-1980, Western European Liberation Theology, 1924-1959, The Spirit of '68: Rebellion in Western Europe and North America, 1956-1976, and the forthcoming The Moment of Liberation in WesternEurope: Power Struggles and Rebellions, 1943-1948.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations1: Introduction2: The Itineraries of the LSI and the Comintern3: An International United Front?4: The Era of United Fronts5: The Promise of the Plan6: The Nature of a Popular Front7: Transnational Consciousness Within the European Left8: Piston-Box and Steam9: Contingency in the Historical ProcessNotesIndex

Long Description

Based on documents collected in six European countries, European Socialists Respond to Fascism: Ideology, Activism and Contingency in the 1930s is a transnational study of largely parallel developments in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, and Spain in the years 1933-1936.Triggered into action by the shock effect of the Nazi rise to power in Germany, socialists throughout Western Europe entered an unusually active period of practical reorientation and debate over political strategy which helped determine the contours of European politics up to the outbreak of World War II and beyond. Stressing the transnational dimension of this process while simultaneously integrating local, regional, and national factors, this work finds that it was social democracy, ratherthan communism, that acted as the primary vehicle for radical change among European marxists during the 1930s.Following major figures within the European left and the significant events that made up the inter-war period, Gerd-Rainer Horn demonstrates the interconnectedness of Europe's interwar socialists. Finally, Horn manages to relate these findings to the ongoing interdisciplinary debate on structure, agency, and contingency in the historical process.

Feature

A comprehensive study of Europe's interwar socialists, based on detailed archival research conducted in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, and SpainChallenges established orthodoxies of European labour history in the 1930s

Details ISBN019886373X Pages 224 Publisher Oxford University Press Year 2020 ISBN-10 019886373X ISBN-13 9780198863731 Format Paperback Imprint Oxford University Press Subtitle Ideology, Activism and Contingency in the 1930s Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 320.9409043 Short Title European Socialists Respond to Fascism Language English Publication Date 2020-07-10 UK Release Date 2020-07-10 NZ Release Date 2020-07-10 Author Gerd-Rainer Horn Alternative 9780195093742 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2020-04-14 We've got this

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