The “Pre-Fascism” Argument: the Study of Authoritarianism in the 20th Century (from a Catalan-Spanish Viewpoint) Authors Jordi Casassas-Ymbert Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Keywords: Revisionisme historiogràfic, prefeixisme, història del pensament polític, nacionalisme, Catalunya segle XX. Abstract This article presents a state of the art on the analysis of modern anti-parliamentarian phenomena, highlighting the emphasis put on both its precedents and long term triggers, also known as “pre-fascism”. The article first proposes to differentiate between these elements, which directly intervene in the development of such a specific phenomenon of the interwar period, and the ones inherent to the complex crisis of insertion of the democratic system in Western Europe. Secondly, these reflections are applied to the specific Catalonia-Spain case.key wordsHistoriographical revisionism, pre-fascism, history of political thinking, nationalism, Catalonia 20th century. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Author Biography Jordi Casassas-Ymbert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Geografia i Història, Departament d’Història Contemporània. Barcelona Downloads PDF PDF (Català) How to Cite Casassas-Ymbert, J. (2011). The “Pre-Fascism” Argument: the Study of Authoritarianism in the 20th Century (from a Catalan-Spanish Viewpoint). Journal of Catalan Intellectual History, 1(1), 47–59. Retrieved from https://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/JOCIH/article/view/49556 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 1 No. 1 (2011) Section Articles License Aquesta obra és subjecta —llevat que s'indiqui el contrari en el text, en les fotografies o en altres il·lustracions— a una llicència Reconeixement - No comercial - Sense obres derivades 3.0 Espanya de Creative Commons, el text complet de la qual es pot consultar a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.ca. Així, doncs, s'autoritza al públic en general a reproduir, distribuir i comunicar l'obra sempre que se'n reconegui l'autoria i l'entitat que la publica i no se'n faci un ús comercial ni cap obra derivada.