Editing Fascism (section)

===Ultranationalism===
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Ultranationalism, combined with the myth of national rebirth, is a key foundation of fascism.<ref>{{harvp|Griffin|2006b|pp=451–453}}; {{harvp|Ross|2017|p=5}}; {{harvp|Griffin|2008|loc=Chapter 8: Fascism's New Faces (and New Facelessness) in the 'Post-Fascist' Epoch}}; {{harvp|Davies|Lynch|2002|p=96}}</ref> Robert Paxton argues that "a passionate nationalism" is the basis of fascism, combined with "a conspiratorial and [[Manichean]] view of history" which holds, "the chosen people have been weakened by political parties, social classes, unassimilable minorities, spoiled rentiers, and rationalist thinkers."{{sfnp|Paxton|2004|p=41}} Roger Griffin identifies the core of fascism as being [[palingenetic ultranationalism]].{{sfnp|Griffin|1991|p=26}}

The fascist view of a nation is of a single organic entity that binds people together by their ancestry and is a natural unifying force of people.{{sfnp|Zimmer|2003|pp=80–107|loc=ch. 4}} Fascism seeks to solve economic, political, and social problems by achieving a [[Millenarianism|millenarian]] national rebirth, exalting the nation or [[race (biology)|race]] above all else and promoting cults of unity, strength, and purity.{{sfnp|Paxton|2004|pp=218–219}}{{sfnp|Laqueur|1997|p=223}}{{sfnp|Encyclopedia Britannica ''Fascism''}} European fascist movements typically espouse a racist conception of non-Europeans being inferior to Europeans.{{sfnp|Payne|1995|p=11}} Beyond this, European fascists have not held a unified set of racial views.{{sfnp|Payne|1995|p=11}} Historically, most fascists promoted imperialism, although there have been several fascist movements that were uninterested in the pursuit of new imperial ambitions.{{sfnp|Payne|1995|p=11}} For example, Nazism and Italian Fascism were [[expansionist]] and [[irredentist]].{{sfnp|Kallis|2000|p=41}}{{sfnp|Giaccaria|Minca|2016|p=37}} Falangism in Spain envisioned the worldwide unification of Spanish-speaking peoples ({{lang|es|[[Hispanidad]]}}).{{sfnp|Larsen|2001|pp=120–121}} [[British Fascism]] was [[non-interventionist]], though it did embrace the British Empire.{{sfnp|Benewick|1972|p=134}}