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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Rabinowitz, Beth, author.

Title: Defensive nationalism : explaining the rise of populism and fascism

in the 21st century / by B. S. Rabinowitz.

Description: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023] |

Includes bibliographical references and index. |

Contents: The concepts : populism, nationalism, fascism and nativism—

The synthesis: a new typology of nationalism—Karl Polanyi : theory & ambiguity—

Joseph Schumpeter : technology and the “double movement”—

The belle époque : railroads & telegraphy—The digital age : turbo jets & computers—

Economic reorganization & economic crises—Mass media & fake news—

Mass immigration & global terrorism—From globalization to the nation—

The turn inward : nativism & fascism—The concert of Europe—

The Bretton Woods era—Conclusion : using history as a guide.

Identifiers: LCCN 2022054630 (print) | LCCN 2022054631 (ebook) |

ISBN 9780197672044 (paperback) | ISBN 9780197672037 (hardback) |

ISBN 9780197672068 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Nationalism—History. | Populism—History. | Fascism—History.

Classification: LCC JC311 .R212 2023 (print) | LCC JC311 (ebook) |

DDC 320.54—dc23/eng/20230103

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022054630

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022054631

DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197672037.001.0001