TY - GEN A1 - Esposito, Fernando T1 - Fascism – Concepts and Theories (english version) N2 - This article will first examine the emergence of Italian Fascism and provide insight into Italian Fascists’ self-perception. Second, taking the contemporary conceptualizations of fascism developed by its Marxist, liberal, and conservative opponents as a starting point, this article reviews research on fascism during the Cold War. Third, the approaches taken by more recent research on fascism will be discussed and a survey of current fields of empirical work will be presented. A concluding section summarizes the usefulness of the concept of fascism. KW - Begriffe Y1 - 2017 UR - https://zeitgeschichte-digital.de/doks/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1111 UR - http://docupedia.de/zg/Esposito_fascism_v1_en_2017?oldid=128262 ER -