Ola Teige

The cult of tradition. “One has only to look at the syllabus of every fascist movement to find the major traditionalist thinkers. The Nazi gnosis was nourished by traditionalist, syncretistic, occult elements.” The rejection of modernism. “The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity. In this sense Ur-Fascism can be defined as irrationalism.” The cult of action for action’s sake. “Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation.” Disagreement is treason. “The critical spirit makes distinctions, and to distinguish is a sign of modernism. In modern culture the scientific community praises disagreement as a way to improve knowledge.” Fear of difference. “The first appeal of a fascist or prematurely fascist movement is an appeal against the intruders. Thus Ur-Fascism is racist by definition.” Appeal to social frustration. “One of the most typical features of the historical fascism was the appeal to a frustrated middle class, a class suffering from an economic crisis or feelings of political humiliation, and frightened by the pressure of lower social groups.” The obsession with a plot. “Thus at the root of the Ur-Fascist psychology there is the obsession with a plot, possibly an international one. The followers must feel besieged.” The enemy is both strong and weak. “By a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.” Pacifism is trafficking with the enemy. “For Ur-Fascism there is no struggle for life but, rather, life is lived for struggle.” Contempt for the weak. “Elitism is a typical aspect of any reactionary ideology.” Everybody is educated to become a hero. “In Ur-Fascist ideology, heroism is the norm. This cult of heroism is strictly linked with the cult of death.” Machismo and weaponry. “Machismo implies both disdain for women and intolerance and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits, fro

How to recognise fascism when you see it, by the the Italian humanist and author Umberto Eco. This 14-point guide is taken from Eco's 1995 essay 'Ur-Fascism' – informed by his own experiences of Nazism in the 20th century. He was born #OnThisDay 1932.

A book full of promises... Send me a PM if you need references to literature from the Norwegian periphery of the Oldenburg state. I guess you know of Gudmund Sandvik’s work? There are also several masters theses, especially on judicial investigative commissions (including my own from 2001).

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Thank you! What an fun article. Both the bottom-up perspective and the description of Walker's mostly succesfull court room strategies is very interesting.

Does anyone know of any work on the life stories career criminals in the 17th-18th centuries told in courts? Strategies, which identities the presented when etc.? Has anyone analyzed these as (short) autobiographical texts?
#EarlyModern #CrimeHistory #LegalHistory #Nordichistory

Having followed a father-son pair of career criminals through multiple arrests, escapes and court testimonies in the Nordic countries c. 1710-1740, one thing that strikes me is how skilled they were when being interrogated.

6 januari 1667 - the Norwegian sailor Swen Roelofsen (20) is arrested and detained, he denies he had a snowball in his hand, nor did he throw that snowball to 'an important man from the government' ('sienelijk heer in Reegerrigh'). #Amsterdam #17thCentury #OTD

1/ Working my way through the court records from the magistrate district of Namdalen these days.
Yesterday I stumbled upon the examination of the cunning woman Karen Erichsdatter in 1660, or as the records say: "the woman by the name of Karen Erichsdatter, who is called the wise woman."

Ganske standard i ærekrenkelsessaker eller i Norge på den tiden var hundsvott. Det er tysk, fortsetter hundetemaet og er dessuten absolutt genitalsk.
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