This article examines how the Southern proslavery defense produced a distinctly proto-fascist ideology. Rather than comparing the Antebellum South to twentieth century racist regimes, this study compares Southern fascist thought to Germany's nineteenth century Volkisch movement. The author uses Roger Griffin's Palingenetic Ultranationalism to explore how the Antebellum South promoted an illiberal vision of modernity. The author argues that proto-fascists rejected liberalism, had a profound sense of social decay, and advanced a vision of a new man, new political structure, and a new temporality. The striking similarities between nineteenth and twentieth century fascist movements mandates that the Antebellum American South should be included in comparative fascist studies. The results of this study contextualize the comparisons made between American racism and fascism along with deepening our understanding of fascism's protean qualities.

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前羚羊旧民族主义：比较法西斯主义研究中包括美国的案例

本文考察了南方的奴役防御如何产生了明显的原始法西斯主义意识形态。这项研究没有将南方的法西斯主义与二十世纪的种族主义政权进行比较，而是将南方的法西斯主义思想与德国的十九世纪的沃尔基施运动进行了比较。作者利用罗杰·格里芬（Roger Griffin）的《旧世的超民族主义》来探索《南战前》如何促进了现代的自由观。作者认为，原始法西斯主义者拒绝自由主义，具有深刻的社会衰败感，并提出了关于新人，新政治结构和新时代性的愿景。19世纪和20世纪法西斯运动之间惊人的相似性要求将《战前美国南方》纳入比较法西斯研究。