Maternalism and new imperialism in Russia: “good mothers” for a militarizing state—expectations, implications, and resistances by Yulia Gradskova

“…However, maternalism was also widely used by several totalitarian regimes, including fascism and Stalinism. Maternalism was an important political instrument used by the state socialist discourse in order to show the superiority of the “socialist” welfare system over the “capitalist” one and to make this system appear attractive to women from “developing” countries.…”
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On Belatedness. The Shaping of Portuguese Art History in Modern Times by Mariana Pinto dos Santos

“…Part of the reaction to fascism expressed the desire to follow other nations’ democratic example, but the self-deprecating judgements on Portuguese art were frequently associated with the identification of essentialist motifs – the “nature” of the Portuguese people, their way of thinking, of living, their lack of capacities or skills – and of a self-image of being “primitive” in comparison with other European countries that has antecedents going back to the eighteenth century. …”
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From the Rue des Nations to the Rue aux Lèvres by Walden, Lauren

“…Ultimately, the Exposition Universelle emphasises alterity for colonial gain whilst the surrealist exhibition employs curatorial cosmopolitanism to injure the impending threat of fascism. …”
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Giovanna Zangrandi by Morris, P, Penelope Morris

“…It aims to place Zangrandi's work in its historical and literary context and pays particular attention to the periods of fascism, the Resistance and neorealism. The thesis considers the nature of autobiography, and the implications of women writing about themselves, and analyses Zangrandi's use of autobiography, highlighting the inevitable intrusion of fiction into such writing. …”

Raising the role and authority of a woman in the socio-political life of Dagestan during the Great Patriotic War by Madina Kurbanismailovna Nagieva

“…The relevance of this research is due to the need to study the contribution to the victory of women of the Multiethnic North Caucasus, including Dagestan, a multi-faceted feat of women during the war years, their contribution to victory over fascism deserve high public recognition. The Great Patriotic War contributed to a significant change in the role of a woman in society. …”
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Disappearance of the Self and Its Constitutive Outside in Kafka and Woody Allen’s Zelig by Lukas MOZDEIKA

“…Interpreting Zelig alongside Kafka’s Metamorphosis and Hybrid, we can trace genealogy of themes of anti-Semitism, racism and fascism resolve into contradiction of individualism versus petit-bourgeois mass culture marked by commercialization, commodification and assimilation, features that still define our present. …”
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Poétique de l’arbre et de la forêt. Une lecture bachelardienne de l’œuvre de Jean Giono by Jean-philippe Pierron

“…Le Walden de Thoreau), and in the worst, a form of new obscurantism exiting, in a “nouvel order écologique” (new ecological order), the potential mark of an éco-fascism. Under these conditions, a poetic that dialectizes the tree and the forest can prepare an ecology of foundation.…”
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Muhammadiyah and Religious Moderation: Response to Actions of Muhammadiyah to Prevent Modern Radicalism (Case Study of Leadership Period 2015 – 2021) by Bachtiar Dwi Kurniawan, David Efendi, Alam Mahadika, Moch Edward Trias Pahlevi, Azka Abdi Amrurobbi

“…The form of Radicalism was not only in the scope of religious ideology but also entered the scope of the ideologies of liberalism, capitalism, totalitarianism to fascism. Therefore, it can be concluded that Radicalism is not only from the point of view of religious activity but also that ideology can be implemented in a system of Radicalism in the form of Economics and Politics. …”
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Towards a Bipolar World. Book Review of ‘The Second World War and the Transformation of International Relations: From Multipolarity to a Bipolar World’ edited by L.S. Belousov and... by V. I. Batyuk

“…However, the celebration of the victory over fascism was overshadowed by the growing tension among the leading actors of contemporary international relations. …”
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TRANSFORMATION OF THE IMAGE OF RUSSIANS IN THE BRITISH MEDIA DISCOURSE (BASED ON THE MATERIAL OF THE BRITISH MEDIA 1941-1945 and 2014-2023) by Kirill P. Posternyak

“…Russians were attributed such positive personality qualities, represented in the conceptual space of the image by the corresponding concepts, as emotionality, a good sense of humor, complaisance, patience, cordiality Creating such an image, British journalists used functionalevaluative words of positive semantics, comparative constructions, allowing to show the constancy of positive qualities, and contrast, with which the bravery of Russian soldiers was emphasized in comparison with the nations that failed to resist fascism. Due to the confrontation between Russia and Britain that has intensified since 2014, the connotative background of the image of Russians is mostly very negative. …”
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A world of post politics in Conrad’s the secret agent by Taheri, Zahra

“…The spectacular feature of his work is described to be in its writer’s imagination to portray the upcoming events related to both world wars, especially the second one and the emergence of Nazi regime and Fascism. However, this article discusses how The Secret Agent, with its shady atmosphere, its projection of runaway consumerism, its display of ‘the passion for the Real,’ its focus on democracy, individual liberty, Capitalism, and the consequences which follow, such as Globalism and imperialism, is much more ahead of its time and delivers the reader a glimpse of what Žižek describes as a ‘Post-political’ era. …”
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Maternidad y paranoia en el estado autoritario: leyendo Eltit desde Schreber by Margarita Saona

“…Two very different texts, Daniel Paul Schreber memoir, which inspired some of the main studies on paranoia in the 20th century, and the novel The Custody of the Eyes by Diamela Eltit, present the maternal body as paranoid reactions to the advent of fascism, in the first case, and of a neoliberal regime that thinly veils the dictatorial control of the citizen, in the second one. …”
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Lev Šestov: ‘Duality’ in Life and Thought at the Time of the Rift of the Socio-cultural Paradigm by Olga Tabachnikova

“…, and yet, later on in the 1930s, he displayed a certain myopia, not having recognised the rising threat of fascism in Europe. In this article, the above duality in Šestov’s life and thought is analysed in the context of the socio-political and cultural rift of 1917. …”
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A Global Revolutionary Class Will Ride the Tiger of Alienation by Hardy Hanappi

“…The most striking new element is the tremendous increase of the force of information power brought about by ICT. The emergence of Fascism and Stalinism in the first half of the 20th century was just a frightening first symptom of the coming age of alienation. …”
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Bushido as allied: The Japanese warrior in the cultural production of Fascist Italy (1940-1943) by Sergio Raimondo, Valentina De Fortuna, Giulia Ceccarelli

“…This concept was already known in Italy on the early 20th century, far before Fascism. Discussions and conclusions: We can see how Italian perception of the Japanese anthropology on the early 20th century didn’t change over time and how its features will re-appear in the 40s under the influence of the Italian-Japanese coalition. …”
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Guilt and responsibility of Russian citizens for aggression against Ukraine: Modern reading of Karl Jaspers by V. Iashchenko, O. Balynska

“…Jaspers, theses regarding the phenomenon of guilt, its varieties in relation to the period of fascism in Germany were developed and these approaches were applied to the analysis of Russia's aggressive policy. …”
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Eurasian matrix of post-soviet protestantism, its manifestations in modern Ukraine by Павло Павленко

“…It is proved that the basis of the Russocentrism of post-Soviet Protestantism is Eurasianism as a doctrine of Russian fascism, which proclaims the ideas of the Russian-Asian community in opposition to all others, including the community of Slavs. …”
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Some Usage Features of Slovenes’ Personal Names in the Italian-Slovenian Border Area (Based on Field Research Materials) by Maria V. Yasinskaya

“…The processes of Italianization at its various stages, including the period of fascism with the strictest prohibitions on Slavic identity in general, have had a huge impact on the modern composition of the Slovenes’ personal names in Italy. …”
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Human genetics in troubled times and places by Peter S. Harper

“…The First World War was largely indiscriminate in its carnage, but World War 2 and the preceding years of fascism were associated with widespread migration, especially of Jewish workers expelled from Germany, and of their children, a number of whom would become major contributors to the post-war generation of human and medical geneticists in Britain and America. …”
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<O/ No Power but Deaf Power \O>: Revitalizing Deaf Education Systems via Anarchism by Michael Skyer, Jessica A. Scott, Dai O'Brien

“…Toward the horizon of radical equality, our staunchly anarchist analysis of deaf education argues that to guide deaf‐positive system change neoliberalism is inert and neo‐fascism anathema.…”
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