Villis British Catholics and Fascism

Religious Identity and Political Extremism Between the Wars
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-27419-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten

Reihe: Palgrave History Collection

Drawing substantially on the thoughts and words of Catholic writers and cultural commentators, Villis sheds new light on religious identity and political extremism in early twentieth-century Britain. The book constitutes a comprehensive study of the way in which British Catholic communities reacted to fascism both at home and abroad.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Villis, T.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Catholic Fascists? 2. The Hierarchy 3. The Press 4. The Chesterbelloc 5. Campbell, Dawson, Burns and Wall: Catholic Writers and the Crisis of Liberalism 6. The Catholic Literary Right 7. Literary Catholicism and Fascism in Wales 8. Catholic Anti-Fascism Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Tom Villis is a Senior Lecturer in History and Politics at Regent's College, London, UK. Tom was educated at the universities of Edinburgh, Grenoble and Cambridge and has also taught at Cambridge University and the Open University. He is the author of Reaction and the Avant-Garde: The Revolt against Liberal Democracy in Early Twentieth-Century Britain.