According to Kenneth Burke's analysis, Fascist unification rhetoric is what gave Hitler the power to mobilize Kenneth Burke (1897 - 1993) was a major American literary theorist and philosopher. ... Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, refers to the right-wing authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... Rhetoric (from Greek ρητωρ, rhêtôr, orator) is one of the three original liberal arts or trivium (the other members are dialectic and grammar). ... Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945, standard German pronunciation in the IPA) was the Führer (leader) of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) and of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. ...

Geographical materialization

The first aspect of Hitler's unification rhetoric is the idea of geographical materialization – the idea of Munich as the place where all roads must lead – geography materializes ideology, a specific location tied to that idea where ideology is manifested (a holy land for the spiritual). A form of cognitive mapping. Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München pronunciation) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. ...

Common enemy

A second aspect is the idea of a common enemy. This is an evil symbol against which people must unite. This rhetoric is unifying the people against their common enemy rather that other significant issues. (The international Jew) All evils are related to the common rhetorical enemy. Simplifying processes to eliminate the complexities of war to magnify the enemy.

Parliamentary attacks

Hitler utilized Parliamentary attacks against voices that might criticize his actions. All opposing voices are seen as antithetical to unity: without a united voice the "international Jew" will gain the upper hand. The debating chamber or hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels. ...

Features of Fascist unification rhetoric

Inborn dignity

People are born with an inherent dignity. Hitler took this and altered it so that the Aryan race has such dignity from birth while no other race does. Hitler sought to limit the Aryan group/race to mark the superiority of that certain group. Proto-Indo-European Indo-European studies The phrase Aryan race is sometimes used to translate Old Persian inscriptions and other Persian sources from c. ...

Projection devices

Projection devices are those scape-goating tactics used by fascists where internal problems become externalized. At a social level, the internal problems of Germany were externalized and represented by the "international Jew".

Symbolic rebirth

Symbolic rebirth rhetoric allows a people to identify with a new utopian society; when a scapegoat is eliminated a re-birth will occur where through the negative action of elimination one lays the groundwork of a positive goal of symbolic re-birth, where all ideals are met through the elimination of the "International Jew". See Utopia (disambiguation) for other meanings of this word Utopia, in its most common and general meaning, refers to a hypothetical perfect society. ...

Commercial use

Commercial use rhetoric was utilized when Hitler offered a non-economic interpretation of economic problems. He was able to sell his rhetoric to the class that benefits those economic issues (attacking the Jewish rich, instead of the rich). Hitler used a strategy of commercial use to make arguments against the so-called powers that be, while being able to maintain an alliance with that power structure. The underlying issues were not solved, yet Hitler gained power through these means. He portrayed himself as a rebel and aligned himself with the poor while at the same time not critiquing the rich so as to keep their support.

Unifying voice

The unification rhetoric leads to a unifying voice: the entire nation speaks as one person. This is the essence of the fascist ideal. The fascist idea of war is that everybody in society and every aspect of society is involved in the war effort and machine, so the society fights as one organism.