Definitions of Fascism - Stanley G. Payne

Stanley G. Payne

Stanley G. Payne's Fascism: Comparison and Definition (1980) uses a lengthy itemized list of characteristics to identify fascism, including:

  • the creation of an authoritarian state
  • a regulated, state-integrated economic sector
  • fascist symbolism
  • anti-liberalism
  • anti-communism
  • anti-conservatism.

As the common aim of all fascist movements he sees elimination of the autonomy, or in some cases the existence of, large-scale capitalism.

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