A great deal of effort has been expended by Anglo-American scholars
in an attempt to isolate past and contemporary "fascisms,"
"neofascisms," "cryptofascisms," and "latent" fascisms in the
modern world. A. James Gregor's Phoenix: Fascism in Our Time offers
an insightful history of the intellectual rationale for Benito
Mussolini's fascism. His work examines the complex rationale
provided by major Italian intellectuals. The book provides a list
of recurrent features that helps to identify the generic
phenomenon. This lucid account reviews seriously neglected aspects
of intellectual history, describing the socioeconomic and political
conditions that precipitate and sustain fascism. Gregor shows that
Italian fascism was supported by a responsible and credible
rationale. His account of that rationale permits us to understand
the appeal fascism as an ideal has exercised over elites and masses
in the twentieth century. Gregor offers a credible list of traits
in showing how instances of fascism can be identified when they
first appear. The last chapters of the work are devoted to a case
study of the newly emergent post-Soviet Russian nationalism and its
affinities with historic fascism. Gregor discusses the implications
of the rise of generic fascism in the former Soviet Union and
post-Maoist China.This timely volume now available in paperback
offers an alternative to conventional mechanical interpretations of
the major historical events of the twentieth century. Phoenix is
must reading for scholars and policymakers dealing with European
history between the two world wars, and will be instructive for
anyone interested in prospects for a fascist ideology in the new
millennium.
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