ABSTRACT

We know a lot about the sociology of fascism, but how have sociologists responded to fascism when confronted with it in their own lives? How courageous or compromising have they been? And why has this history been shrouded in silence for so long? In this major work of historical scholarship sociologists from around the world describe and evaluate the reactions of sociologists to the rise and practice of fascism.

chapter |13 pages

Sociology and Fascism in the Interwar Period

The myth and its frame

chapter |27 pages

Outsiders and True Believers

Austrian sociologists respond to fascism

chapter |44 pages

Ambiguous Influences

Italian sociology and the fascist regime

chapter |37 pages

Academic Discussion or Political Guidance?

Social-scientific analyses of fascism and National Socialism in Germany before 1933 1

chapter |26 pages

Social-Scientific Experts—No Ideologues

Sociology and social research in the Third Reich

chapter |16 pages

‘Sociologists', Sociographers, and ‘Liberals'

Hungarian intellectuals respond to fascism

chapter |40 pages

Principle, Politics, Profession

American sociologists and fascism, 1930–1950

chapter |26 pages

Responses to Fascism in Britain, 1930–1945

The emergence of the concept of totalitarianism