“Our Own British Race”: Distinctive Approaches to Racial Ideas in British Fascist Movements, 1922-1940

This article identifies and analyses the distinctive character of British fascist racial ideas during the interwar period. While they formulated their racial ideas upon different premises there were consistent themes that were moulded to the British context. Movements had variable levels of radicali...

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Main Author: Hartley CHARLTON
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Language:English
Published: Diacronie 2022-12-01
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Online Access:http://www.studistorici.com/2022/12/29/charlton_numero_52/
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description This article identifies and analyses the distinctive character of British fascist racial ideas during the interwar period. While they formulated their racial ideas upon different premises there were consistent themes that were moulded to the British context. Movements had variable levels of radicalism, different interpretations of race in the fabric of British life, and contrasting perceptions of how racial issues should be presented and exploited. These divergent discourses manifested in ideological divides within broadly accepted British nationalist themes, rather than wholly separate doctrines. Interwar British fascist racial ideas therefore not only reveal the distinctive Britishness of such concepts, but also the idiosyncratic approaches of different movements.
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“Our Own British Race”: Distinctive Approaches to Racial Ideas in British Fascist Movements, 1922-1940
Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea
british fascism
racial ideology
racism
antisemitism
british empire
title “Our Own British Race”: Distinctive Approaches to Racial Ideas in British Fascist Movements, 1922-1940
title_full “Our Own British Race”: Distinctive Approaches to Racial Ideas in British Fascist Movements, 1922-1940
title_fullStr “Our Own British Race”: Distinctive Approaches to Racial Ideas in British Fascist Movements, 1922-1940
title_full_unstemmed “Our Own British Race”: Distinctive Approaches to Racial Ideas in British Fascist Movements, 1922-1940
title_short “Our Own British Race”: Distinctive Approaches to Racial Ideas in British Fascist Movements, 1922-1940
title_sort our own british race distinctive approaches to racial ideas in british fascist movements 1922 1940
topic british fascism
racial ideology
racism
antisemitism
british empire
url http://www.studistorici.com/2022/12/29/charlton_numero_52/
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