The last survivor : cultural and social projects underlying Spanish fascism, 1931-1975 / edited by Ferran Gallego and Francisco Morente.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gallego Margaleff, Ferran, 1953- editor.

Morente Valero, Francisco, 1961- editor.

Series:

Sussex studies in Spanish history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fascism--Spain--History--20th century.

Fascism.

Political socialization.

History.

Francoism.

Social aspects.

Spain.

Francoism--Social aspects.

Spain--Politics and government--1931-1939.

Politics and government.

Spain--Politics and government--1939-1975.

Political socialization--Spain--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

x, 242 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Cultural and social projects underlying Spanish fascism, 1931-1975

Place of Publication:

Brighton ; Portland, OR : Sussex Academic Press, [2017]

Summary:

"This book proposes an interpretation of Francoism as the Spanish variant of fascism. Unlike Italian fascism and Nazism, the Franco regime survived the Second World War and continued its existence until the death of dictator Francisco Franco. Francoism was, therefore, the Last Survivor of the fascisms of the interwar period. And indeed this designation applies equally to Franco. The work begins with an analysis of the historical identity of Spanish fascism, constituted in the process of fascistization of the Spanish right during the crisis of the Second Republic, and consolidated in the formation of the fascist single-party and the New State during the civil war. Subsequent chapter contributions focus on various cultural and social projects (the university, political-cultural journals, the Labor University Service, local policies and social insurance) that sought to socialize Spaniards in the political principles of the Franco regime and thereby to strengthen social cohesion around it. Francoism faced varying degrees of non-compliance and outright hostility, expressed as different forms of cultural opposition to the Franco regime, especially in the years of its maturity (decades of the fifties and sixties), from Spaniards both inside Spain and in exile. Such opposition is explored in the context of how the regime reacted via the social, cultural and economic inducements at its disposal."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The importance of being fascist. The Falange and the Spanish counter-revolution (1931-1936) / Ferran Gallego

The Falange and academia. Falangist intellectuals and the idea of a national-syndicalist university (1933-1943) / Francisco Morente

Modernism and Falangism. The Journal escorial and its authoritarian modernizing project / Nicolás Sesma Landrin

"More of the same" in Franco's new state / Julio Ponce

Welfare as a totalitarian tool. Fascist Italy and Francoist Spain in the European context / Guillermo Marín Casado and Iñaki Fernández Redondo

The University Work Service (SUT): Falangism and Catholicism in a post-fascist dictatorship / Javier Muñoz Soro

Francoism and opposition in the 1950s: narratives of national reconciliation / Emilio Grandío

The idea of Europe, transnational networks and Spanish anti-totalitarian mobilisation (1939-1977) / Olga Glondys.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781845198763

184519876X

OCLC:

995162339