LEADER 03941cam a2200421Ia 4500001 40341 005 20240621144357.0 008 890103t19871987xx rb 000 0 eng d 035 (OCoLC)18963746 035 40341 043 f-sa--- 049 LHMA 040 SOI |beng |erda |cSOI |dOCL 090 DT1928 |b.F86 1987 100 1 Furlong, Patrick J. |q(Patrick Jonathan), |d1959- 245 10 National socialism, the National Party and the radical right in South Africa, 1934-1948 / |cby Patrick Jonathan Furlong. 264 1 [Place of publication not identified] : |b[publisher not identified], |c[1987] 264 4 |c©1987 300 x, 585 pages 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 500 Two pages numbered vi; two pages numbered vii. 520 Although there have been several attempts to demonstrate the influence of Fascism and, more particularly, of German National Socialism, on Afrikaner nationalism, these have been either journalistic exercises or have been severely limited in their source material. Moreover, supporters of the ruling Nationalist Government in South Africa have demonstrated the significant differences and even periodic hostility between the National Party, then in Opposition, and the various pro-Fascist radical Right groups operating there during the thirties and forties. They conclude that critics have failed to demonstrate any substantial links between the National Party and the European radical Right. No attempt has been made to take up the debate from that point. This study acknowledges the important distinction between the mainstream nationalism of the National Party and the ideology of its overtly pro-Nazi rivals. The dissertation examines the complicated relationship of the National Party itself both to metropolitan Fascism, especially Nazism, and to South African variants thereof, using an archive-based methodology that attempts to steer clear of either apologetic or polemic. Apart from newspapers, the principal sources for this study are the records of Afrikaner nationalists active in the thirties and forties, Nazi records, Jewish materials relating to anti-Semitism and wartime South African Government intelligence records. No previous work in this area has made use of all four types of sources. Although no attempt is made to assess mainstream Afrikaner nationalism on the basis of some general theory of Fascism or some minimum "Fascist standard," the study concludes that the National Party gradually accommodated itself in several important respects to the ideology of the radical Right in complex and often subtle ways. The Nationalists never adopted National Socialism or Fascism as such. Nevertheless, many of the premises underlying these political systems were adapted to the needs of Afrikaner nationalists during the years leading up to their 1948 victory and were combined with indigenous authoritarian models drawn from the old Boer republics to form a new type of authoritarian nationalism, one which substantially affected the nature of post-1948 Nationalist rule. 530 Electronic version(s) |bavailable internally at USHMM. 533 Photocopy. |bAnn Arbor, MI : |cUMI Dissertation Services, |d1998. |e22 cm. 502 Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Santa Barbara, 1987. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 566-585). 590 Dissertations and Theses 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 651 0 South Africa |xPolitics and government |y1909-1948. 650 0 National socialism |zSouth Africa. 610 20 National Party (South Africa) |xHistory. 956 41 |u http://dc.ushmm.org/library/bib40341/8803278.pdf |z Hosted by USHMM. 994 E0 |bLHM 852 0 |bstacks |hDT1928 .F86 1987 852 0 |bscstacks |hDT1928 .F86 1987 |tc.2 852 |bebook