Der Antifaschismus und die Ursprünge des faschistischen Totalitarismus (1923–1926)

Abstract

The interpretation of Fascism as a kind of “totalitarianism” has been the subject of controversies lasting over many years. This contribution tries to consolidate our understanding of Fascist totalitarianism by discussing its interpretations by early anti-Fascism. The latter’s representatives – Liberals, Christian Democrats, Social Democrats, Socialists – grasped the “totalitarian” features of a movement before it had established as a one-party regime, and they coined the term itself.