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What is meant by charismatic leadership? Click
on this link to the University of Missouri to give you help with
what is meant by charismatic leadership. The pages offer a
checklist of what makes someone ‘charismatic’. The examples
given are generally US figures of the 1960’s, but use the
checklist to compare it against your chosen charismatic leaders.
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Charisma Article with a sociological bent by Thomas Robbin
in the Encyclopedia of Religion and Society
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Charismatic Authority Concise article by Austin Cline
subtitled: Emotional Bonds Between Leaders and Followers. Gives
a theoretical basis for your study of the dictators.
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Secrets of leadership: Hitler & Churchill. Andrew Roberts
draws comparisons between Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler,
and between true inspiration and mere charisma, in an analysis
of what leadership entails. §
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When little men become big. (how destructive leaders become
powerful through group dynamics) Joseph H. Berke article in
History Today. Focus is on Hitler's rise but relates issues in a
wider, modern context. §
2.
Political ideologies of the Left
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 Left-Wing
Lingo, Ideologies and History Many links are now dead but
still a good place to see explanations of the differences
between Communism, Socialism, Trotskyism, Democratic Marxism,
and many other "-isms."
- Marx and
Engels Collection Very large collection of speeches and
writing. Set out chronologically from the Marx2Mao site.
Socialism
Marxism
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Encyclopedia of Marxism An excellent resource - divided into
glossaries of people, places, events, organizations, terms, and
periodicals dealing with Marxism.
- Marxist
Dreams and Soviet Realities An excellent essay from
historian Ralph Raico (professor of history at the State
University College at Buffalo and a senior fellow of the
Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University) on the
ideology of the Soviet Union.
- Marxist Internet Archive
A vast collection of full-text works and references ranging from
the writings of Lenin to the Soviet Constitution. Includes a
Students section on Learning what Marxism is about.
- Marx and
Engels Collection Very large collection of speeches and
writing. Set out chronologically from the Marx2Mao site.
Communist Manifesto The Karl Marx and Frederick Engels
classic, online in full.- Some AV support to explain marxism:
Communism
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The Museum of Communism. An anti communist site set up by
the University of George Mason, Virginia. It does have
interesting entries on:
Leninism
Stalinism
Maoism
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 See
the casahistoria section
Mao's ideas on the casahistoria
Mao pages |
Anarchism
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Anarchy Archives Very useful site with comprehensive
coverage of key anarchists and anarchist events. Hint: use the
navigation bar above each picture to access the online collected
works and publications, commentaries, bios. Includes micro sites
for
Proudhon,
Bakunin,
Malatesta,
Kropotkin & others.
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For jihadist, read anarchist Article (Aug 2005) from The
Economist. Looks at 19th century anarchism attacks and compares
them with the present. Useful survey of anarchist attacks.
3.
Political ideologies of the Right
Fascism
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 Fascism
A clear and concise account of the origins and development of
Fascism by Dr C Jazwinski.
- The original site is now dead. This is a copy.
- What
is Fascism Some General Ideological Features by Matthew N.
Lyons, an independent scholar and freelance writer who studies
reactionary and supremacist movements.
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Fascism in Europe: Documents and articles Excellent
selection from the Mosaic Perspectives on western civilisation
site §
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14 Features of Fascism as defined by Umberto Eco set out
very clearly in a table form with edited examples of modern
examples of fascism. §
- 'The Anatomy
of Fascism' By Zeev Sternhell, Reply by Adrian Lyttelton
from New York Review of Books
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Fascism: A Reader's Guide Edited by Walter Laqueur. This is
the extract by Zeev Sternhell, Colorado College from Laqueur.
Academic survey of the movement. §
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The nature of fascism Roger Griffin attempts to define
"generic fascism - the term he uses for those characteristics
which are found in all fascist movements and ideologies, from
Mussolini's Fascist Party to contemporary neo-fascist
organizations. This is the Google book version. Some pages are
left out but enough are here to make it valuable for
ideas/research.
 The
functions of fascism. (Download link is at the bottom of the
page). Podcast lecture by Michel Parenti who argues that fascism
is a new order and consciousness that served the same old power
structure and promised to solve the ills of the many while
protecting the interests of the few. He answers in detail who
financed the Fascist parties and what services the fascists
rendered in return. Podcast by
a-Infos Radio project-
Economic Fascism Looks at the broader global appeal of
fascism in the inter war period - especially to industrialists.
By Thomas J. DiLorenzo 1994 in
Truth Seeker
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Race and Visualism Interesting look at impact of fascism
(and other influences) on how society has visualised itself. By
William Washabaugh §
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Political Compass Provides a 3D (or even 4D?) take on the
usual left-right interpretations of political ideology.
Interesting.
Historic interpretations
Italian Fascism
Ideas behind National
Socialism
Peronism
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Comparisons: Single Party States
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