LEADER 02595cam a2200373 a 4500003 hubpceuo 005 20230123120350.0 008 960306s1996 enka b 001 0beng 010 95062305 020 1860640737 040 DLC |cDLC |dDLC |dhubpceuo |beng 041 eng 043 e-uk--- 050 00 DA574.C48 |bB34 1996 082 00 321.9/4/092 |220 100 1 Baker, David, |d1950- 245 10 Ideology of obsession : |bA. K. Chesterton and British fascism / |cDavid Baker. 260 London ;New York : |bTauris Academic Studies, |c1996. 300 250 p. : |bill. ; |c23 cm. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 1. 'I belong to Africa' -- 2. Almost the freeman of two worlds -- 3. Many illusions -- 4. Adventures in dramatic appreciation -- 5. G. Wilson Knight and Chesterton -- 6. Fascism -- 7. An apotheosis of anti-Semitism? -- 8. Creed of a fascist revolutionary -- 9. Disillusion with fascism -- 10. Aftermath. 520 Arthur Kenneth Chesterton, cousin of G. K. Chesterton, grew up in South Africa where he developed his "colonial outsider" view of England and of the First World War. By the age of 21, Chesterton was an archetypal "angry young man" - ex-colonial, ex-officer with literary interests and accomplishments. As an increasingly disillusioned literary critic and newspaper editor, he created a world based on his reading of English literature - an idealized version of British society. The result was a cultural despair which sealed his acceptance of fascism in 1933. In this biography, David Baker examines the socio-psychological profile of A. K. Chesterton to help explain the nature of fascism. The author questions previous academic interpretations, suggesting that a definition of fascist ideology must be broadened to take account of its fatal attraction to those who might have remained self-assured members of a democratic society. 580 The Roger Griffin ComFas Collection 600 10 Chesterton, A. K. |q(Arthur Kenneth) |c1899-1973 650 0 Fascism |zGreat Britain |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Fascists |zGreat Britain |xBiography. 651 0 Great Britain |xPolitics and government |y1910-1936. 880 |6245 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6321_900000000000000_4_092_BAK |70 |8GEN |9161177OSA |bOSA |d2023-01-20 |eComFas |l0 |o321.9/4/092 BAK |r2023-01-20 |w2023-01-20 |yBK |cGeneral Stacks 920 01 2XbbmVXz 992 01 321_900000000000000_4_092_BAK |bWXY_QZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ_V_ZQX_OPF 966 |cIn the Research Room