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Studi di storia
Edited book | Genealogies and Geographies of Anti-Democracy in the European Crisis of the 1930s
Chapter | Tra misticismo ultranazionalista e antiliberalismo
Tra misticismo ultranazionalista e antiliberalismo
La Guardia di Ferro e la Grande Romania
Abstract
The Romanian Iron Guard represented one of the most original and important far-right movements in Inter-war Europe. Racist, xenophobic, definitely against western modernity, with mystical features and, at the same time, endowed with an uncommon charge of violence, the Iron Guard and his leader Corneliu Zelea Codreanu were among the undisputed protagonists of the Romanian political life and among those responsible for the weakening of the already fragile Romanian democracy. The aim of the paper is to analyse the main ideological and organisational characteristics of the movement and the reasons for its extraordinary ability to attract young people, intellectuals, the bourgeoisie and the Romanian popular classes.
Published May 31, 2019 | Language: it
Keywords Anti-western modernity • Corneliu Zelea Codreanu • Iron Guard • Violence • Far-right movement • Romania
Copyright © 2019 Alberto Basciani. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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