From Bonapartism to Fascism

A Marxist Analysis of Extraordinary Bourgeois Regimes

Elif Çağlı

August 2004





In this book, Elif Çağlı, by taking into consideration a wide range of experiences ranging from Louise Bonaparte's experience of 18 Brumaire during the Marx era in France to the Bismarck era in Germany, from Italian and German fascism to Spain and Portugal, from Greece to Latin America, reveals the forms and evolutions of the extraordinary regimes of the bourgeoisie, how these regimes should be evaluated and on which theoretical-political foundations this evaluation should be based. Undoubtedly, the Turkish experience constitutes an important page here. Çağlı presents a Marxist perspective on the history of modern Turkey by discussing the establishment process and the subsequent evolution of the bourgeois regime in Turkey, the coups and the question of the character of the regimes they gave rise to.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

PART ONE

Bonaparte's 18 Brumaire

1848: Parliamentary Republic in France

The Bourgeoisie Sacrifices the Parliamentary Regime When Necessary

The Process that Created Bonapartism

The Slippery Attitude of the Petty-Bourgeois Left

Whose Rule is Bonapartism?

Bourgeoisie's Self-Expropriation in Politics

In Extraordinary Regimes the Executive Power Turns Absolute

Extraordinary Regimes are the Product of Extraordinary Conditions

Why Cannot There Be "Proletarian Bonopartism"?

PART TWO

Fascism: Bloody Dictatorship of Finance Capital

The Question of Fascism in the Comintern under Lenin

Distinction between State Type and State Form

Distinction between Bonapartism and Fascism

The Bonapartism-Fascism Relationship cannot be Simplified to Templates

Can Fascism Take the Form of a Military Dictatorship?

Fascism Rising to Power and Fascism in Power

The Establishment of Fascist Power

Organization of Fascist Power

Degree of Fascist Repression

Ideology of Fascism

Demise of Fascism (Collapse or Dissolution)

Poulantzas' Theory of Fascism

Correct Attitude in the Struggle against Fascism

The Danger of Fascism Today

PART THREE

Bismarckism: The Establishment of Bourgeois Order from Above

The Qualitative Difference Between Bourgeois Revolution and Proletarian Revolution

From the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic: Bourgeois Revolution from Above

A Brief Overview of the Military Coups in Turkey

May 27, 1960

March 12, 1971

September 12, 1980

Conclusion

APPENDIX I - Examples of the Establishment and Demise of Fascist Powers

Italy and Germany

Some Examples from the Balkans and Eastern European Countries

Portugal

Greece

Brazil

Uruguay

Argentina

Chile

APPENDIX II

Spain Lessons

link: Elif Çağlı, From Bonapartism to Fascism, August 2004, https://enternasyonalizm.org/node/615

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