Italian History - 1922 - 1945 (Fascist Era & World War II), General & Miscellaneous Italian History, Radical Thought, Fascism - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
Fascism has traditionally been characterized as irrational and anti-intellectual, finding expression exclusively as a cluster of myths, emotions, instincts, and hatreds. This intellectual history of Italian Fascism - the product of four decades of work by one of the leading experts on the subject in the English-speaking world - provides an alternative account. A. James Gregor argues that Italian Fascism may have been a flawed system of belief, but it was neither more nor less irrational than other revolutionary ideologies of the twentieth century. Gregor makes this case by presenting for the first time a chronological account of the major intellectual figures of Italian Fascism, tracing how the movement's ideas evolved in response to social and political developments inside and outside of Italy.Editorials
Political Theory -
The book succeeds admirably in convincing the reader that, far from being a doctrine based on irrationalism and violence, fascism's foundations are very sophisticated intellectual constructs.Political Theory
The book succeeds admirably in convincing the reader that, far from being a doctrine based on irrationalism and violence, fascism's foundations are very sophisticated intellectual constructs.— Paul Petzschmann
Book Details
Published
January 11, 2005
Publisher
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2005.
Pages
296
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780691120096