Distant Relatives

It's normal to think of Hitler and Mussolini side by side, but what about thinking of them with Roosevelt? We are used to mentioning fascism and national socialism regimes together, but can we put the New Deal regime that the USA followed in the interwar period in the same order with them? Distant Relatives, without putting fascist-totalitarian regimes and liberal-democratic regimes in the same container, shows us their surprising common points in the 1930s: The social and economic order adjusted to all-out war; propaganda techniques aimed at "taking control" of the masses; leader cult; giant economic projects; fondness for monumentality; Kırkent, garden-city idylls and mythologies of returning to the land…
We see that these regimes constantly monitor each other, criticize or condemn each other, and take examples from each other. While making this striking comparison, historian Wolfgang Schivelbusch explains, with very vivid examples, the great crisis of capitalism in the 1930s and
reveals its transformation. A crystal clear spirit of the times book...
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 208

Year of Printing: 2014


Language: Turkish
Publisher: İletişim Publishing

First Print Year: 2014

Language: Turkish