Citation

Neocleous M. J. Polit. Ideol. 2005; 10(1): 31-49.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/1356931052000310272

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article argues that we need to take seriously the centrality of the dead to fascist ideology. Organized around the fascist slogan 'Long Live Death!', the article examines a host of fascist claims and practices centered on the dead. These include Martin Heidegger's suggestion that we can be with the dead, and a range of provocations, tropes and ceremonies which suggest that the dead are either still present or are about to be resurrected. Through a critique of other categories which have been used to grapple with this dimension of fascism-necrophilia (Fromm), suicide (Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari), survival (Theweleit)-the article argues that fascism is animated by ideas about resurrection and assumptions about immortality. © 2005 Taylor & Francis Group Ltd.

Language: en

Keywords

mortality; political ideology