Is the term fascism relevant to India? The answer lies in what we
understand by the term. I use it generically, to refer to the emergence
of right-wing dictatorships marked by ultra-nationalist ideologies, the
abolition of the rule of law and the destruction of democratic
institutions. Fascism invades the public sphere with controlled mobs,
and possesses a genocidal instinct towards imaginary “internal enemies.”
There were many ingredients to this exterminism, including
Social-Darwinism and eugenics. But the articulation of national unity
via the bestowal of an inferior status upon an entire community was a
central feature.
FULL TEXT AT: http://www.sacw.net/article2820.html
|
