Ten essays on the nature of fascism by a leading scholar in the field, focusing on how to understand and apply fascist ideology to various movements since the twentieth century, Mussolini's prophesied 'fascist century'. Includes studies of fascism's attempted temporal revolution; Nazism as extended case-study; and fascism's postwar evolution.

Preface; S.G. Payne Editorial Introduction; M. Feldman PART I: FASCISM'S TEMPORAL REVOLUTION 'I am no longer human. I am a Titan. A god!': The Fascist Quest to Regenerate Time Modernity under the New Order: The Fascist Project for Managing the Future Exploding the Continuum of History: A Non-Marxist's 'Marxist' Model of Fascism's Revolutionary Dynamics. PART II: NAZISM AS A MANIFESTATION OF GENERIC FASCISM Fatal Attraction: Why Nazism Appealed to Voters Hooked Crosses and Forking Paths: The Fascist Dynamics of the Third Reich PART III: FASCISM'S EVOLUTION SINCE 1945 'No racism thanks, we're British': How Right-wing Populism Manifests itself in Contemporary Britain 'Europe for the Europeans': Fascist Myths of the European New Order 1922-1992 Fascism's New Facelessness in the Post-fascist Era Conclusion - The Fascination of Fascism: A Concluding Interview with Roger Griffin Bibliography Index