Russian Fascism: Traditions, Tendencies, Movements

Russian Fascism: Traditions, Tendencies, Movements is a 2001 book by Stephen D. Shenfield.[1][2]

Russian Fascism: Traditions, Tendencies, Movements
AuthorStephen D. Shenfield
LanguageEnglish
PublisherM. E. Sharpe, Routledge
Publication date
2000
Media typePrint (hardcover, paperback), e-book
Pages324 pages
ISBN0765606356
OCLC44669697

Synopsis

Russian Fascism is an analysis of fascism, its manifestations in Russian political and cultural history, and fascist tendencies and movements in contemporary Russia. It examines the likelihood that Russia would follow the same path as Weimar Germany.[3]

Publication

The book was first published in 2000 through M. E. Sharpe as a 324-page hardcover and was given a paperback release by the same company in 2001.[4] In 2015 Routledge issued a second edition of the work in hardback and e-book formats.[5]

Reception

In Science & Society, Irina Mukhina criticized Shenfield's definition of fascism in Russian Fascism, as she felt that "While Shenfield's definition of fascism, supported by abundant empirical evidence, is useful for the analysis of organizations that appear to be undeniably fascist, this definition and its usage become problematic when the author evaluates Russia's fascist traditions and tendencies.[6] A. James Gregor, in Slavic Review, also voiced concerns over the definition while also noting that it was "among the first of the serious works that undertake a comparative study of "fascism" in the former Soviet Union."[7]

Sven Gunnar Simonsen reviewed the text for the Journal of Peace Research, praising Shenfield for his patience in discussing a wide topic and "for intelligently addressing the important question of whether Stalin, and today's Communist Party under leader Gennady Zuganov, may be described as Fascist."[8] Andreas Umland noted that the book was "pioneering in at least two regards", stating that one of them was "a serious attempt to integrate his research on the Russian extreme right into the field of comparative fascist study."[9]

References
  1. Лихачев, Вячеслав (2005). Ab Imperio (in Russian). 2005 (1): 365–371. doi:10.1353/imp.2005.0027. ISSN 2164-9731. S2CID 162626591.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  2. Willems, Harry (15 April 2001). "Review of Russian Fascism". Library Journal. 126 (7): 116. ProQuest 196824835.
  3. Ambrosio, Thomas (September 2001). Nationalities Papers. 29 (3): 537–538. doi:10.1017/S0090599200020134. ISSN 0090-5992.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  4. Shenfield, Stephen. (2001). Russian fascism : traditions, tendencies, movements. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 0-7656-1164-3. OCLC 52813418.
  5. "Russian Fascism: Traditions, Tendencies and Movements: Traditions, Tendencies and Movements". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  6. Mukhina, Irina (2004). Science & Society. 68 (2): 249–251. ISSN 0036-8237. JSTOR 40404159.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  7. Gregor, A. James (2001). Slavic Review. 60 (4): 868–869. doi:10.2307/2697534. ISSN 0037-6779. JSTOR 2697534.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  8. Simonsen, Sven Gunnar (2002). "Review of Russian Fascism: Traditions, Tendencies, Movements". Journal of Peace Research. 39 (1): 131–132. ISSN 0022-3433. JSTOR 425270.
  9. Umland, Andreas (2002). "Review of Russian Fascism: Traditions, Tendencies, Movements". Europe-Asia Studies. 54 (3): 488–490. ISSN 0966-8136. JSTOR 826494.
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