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Origins and Doctrine of Fascism With Selections from Other Works

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ISBN-10: 0765805774

ISBN-13: 9780765805775

Edition: 2002

Authors: Giovanni Gentile, A. James Gregor, A. Gregor, A. Gregor, A. Gregor

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Giovanni Gentile (1875-1944) was the major theorist of Italian fascism, supplying its justifi cation and rationale as a developmental form of dictatorship for status-deprived nations languishing on the margins of the Great Powers. Gentile's "actualism" (as his philosophy came to be called) absorbed many intellectual currents of the early twentieth century, including nationalism, syndicalism, and futurism. He called the individual to an idealistic ethic of obedience, work, self-sacrifi ce, and national community in a dynamic rebellion against the perceived impostures of imperialism. This volume makes available some of his more signifi cant writings produced shortly before and after the…    
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Book details

List price: $50.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 2/28/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 122
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English

Peter Baehr is professor and head of the department of sociology and social policy at Lingnan University (Hong Kong) as well as a fellow of the Center for Asian Pacific Studies. His books include Hannah Arendt, Totalitarianism, and the Social Sciences: Critical Encounters; Founders, Classics, Canons: Modern Disputes on the Origins and Appraisal of Sociology's Heritage ; and Caesar and the Fading of the Roman World.