Sociology

This essay is 1700 words in total , but as they are split up into (a-d) I have included the word count for each part therefore all adding up to 1500 words Essay Topic: Understanding Fascism a) Please define Fascism in sociological terms (250 words approximately) b) Based on your reading in this module, how can we explain the rise of Fascism in twentieth century Europe? Make sure to refer to all four Parsons , Robinson, Woolf and Arendt of Parsons ,( Parsons, T. 1942. "Some Sociological Aspects of the Fascist Movements*, Social Forces, 21,2,138–147) Robinson, ( Robinson, C. 2019. "Fascism and the response of Black radical theorists" Chapter in  Cedric J. Robinson : on racial capitalism, Black internationalism, and cultures of resistance London : Pluto Press) Woolf ( Woolf, V. 1938. Three Guineas  Pages refer to the pdf, which is Woolf, V. 1938/2015. A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas Oxford University Press: Oxford pp. 92-94 (relating to the masculine love of war)
pp. 118-123 (relating to education and gender)
pp. 160-164 (relating to gender and the professions/ workplace)
pp. 214-216 (relating to gender and public life) and Arendt (Arendt, H. 1953. Ideology and Terror: A Novel Form of Government. The Review of Politics, 15(3), 303-32) in your answer. (750-1000) words approximately) c) Which of the authors mentioned above is most useful to you in understanding and explaining Fascism in twentieth century society? Why? (250-400 words approximately). d) Which concepts from classical social theory are most useful to you in understanding and explaining Fascism in twentieth century society? Why? (250-400 words approximately). FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS In part B you will basically use the authors to put together what you think the overall reasons are for Fascism, drawing from the theorists. You can bring in theorists and readings from the rest of the module here but I would think the focus would be on the theorists in the Fascism section. In part C, pick one of those authors and say why you find them the most useful in understanding Fascism (if you like a particular combination of theorists you can say that also). You should give your own reasons why – but usually there will be some evidence (for example, the Nazis emphasised macho masculinity which supports Woolf’s arguments; or the Nazis grew in part because of unemployment and the financial crash in Germany which supports Polanyi; or only Robinson mentions how racism in Europe is linked to colonialism; and so on) In part D, this is a chance for you to link your answer to the rest of the module – link your study of Fascism back to a key concept or concepts from the course as a whole (eg rationalisation, social integration, patriarchy, class conflict, social forms etc etc) Please only quote from the following using ASA style : Mann, Michael (2004) Fascists; pp. 1-5, 13-17 (Essential reading) As Background: Horne, J. (2005) "The origins and nature of Fascism and Nazism in Europe" History Ireland https://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/the-origins-and-nature-of-fascism-and-nazism-in-europe/ Read, G., C. Koos, S. Kalman (2017) "Trumpism, Fascism, and the Lessons of History" Active History https://activehistory.ca/2017/01/trumpism-fascism-and-the-lessons-of-history/ Parsons, T. 1942. "Some Sociological Aspects of the Fascist Movements*, Social Forces, 21,2,138–147 Arendt, H. 1953. Ideology and Terror: A Novel Form of Government. The Review of Politics, 15(3), 303-32 Robinson, C. 2019. "Fascism and the response of Black radical theorists" Chapter in  Cedric J. Robinson : on racial capitalism, Black internationalism, and cultures of resistance London : Pluto Press Woolf, V. 1938. Three Guineas  Pages refer to the pdf, which is Woolf, V. 1938/2015. A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas Oxford University Press: Oxford pp. 92-94 (relating to the masculine love of war)
pp. 118-123 (relating to education and gender)
pp. 160-164 (relating to gender and the professions/ workplace)
pp. 214-216 (relating to gender and public life)