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All subsequent translations of "The Doctrine of Fascism" were derived from this work. A key concept of the essay was that fascism was a rejection of previous models: "Granted that the nineteenth century was the century of socialism, liberalism, democracy, this does not mean that the twentieth century must also be the century of socialism ...
The school curriculum promoted Fascist mysticism based on the philosophy of Fideism, [1] [2] [3] the belief that faith and reason were incompatible; Fascist mythology was to be accepted as a "metareality". [4] In 1932, Mussolini described Fascism as "a religious concept of life", saying that Fascists formed a "spiritual community". [4]
Mussolini's belief in Italy's destino to rule the Mediterranean led him to neglect serious planning for a war with the Western powers. [134] He was held back from full alignment with Berlin by Italy's economic and military unpreparedness and his desire to use the Easter Accords of April 1938 to split Britain from France. [135]
Fascist mysticism (Italian: Mistica fascista) was a current of political and religious thought in Fascist Italy, based on Fideism, [1] [2] [3] a belief that faith existed without reason, and that Fascism should be based on a mythology and spiritual mysticism. A School of Fascist Mysticism was founded in Milan on April 10, 1930. Active until ...
In a famous speech in 1926, Mussolini called for fascist art that was "traditionalist and at the same time modern, that looks to the past and at the same time to the future". [9] Traditional symbols of Roman civilization were utilized by the fascists, particularly the fasces that symbolized unity, authority and the exercise of power. [85]
Milan, ItalyOne popular myth about European fascism is that its roots were planted in the rancid soil of Versailles — the Treaty of Versailles, that is, signed a century ago, on June 28, 1919 ...
A Swiss university is hosting an exhibition about its controversial award of an honorary doctorate to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, putting the links between his fascist government and Swiss ...
Mosca's theories are known to have significantly influenced Mussolini's notion of the political process and fascism. [ 32 ] Related to Mosca's theory of domination of society by an organized minority over a disorganized majority was Robert Michels ' theory of the iron law of oligarchy , created in 1911, [ 31 ] which was a major attack on the ...