Sunday august 21st Daniel Little (University of Michigan-Dearborn) published The rise of Austrofascism on his blog Understanding Society. A very informative blog on this subject based on Janek Wasserman’s Black Vienna: The Radical Right in the Red City, 1918-1938 (2014). Especially mentioning
“Wasserman emphasizes the importance of ideas and culture within the rise of Austrofascism, and he makes use of Gramsci’s concept of hegemony as a way of understanding the link between philosophy and politics. The pro-fascist right held a dominant role within major Viennese cultural and educational institutions.” Lees verder →