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I'd say that we need to distinguish between Fascism as a political ideology, and the various ideas of Mussolini over time. The former is what interests me the most, as I am into political theory more than I am into history.
What sources are you using?
I'm getting a bit confused about the sources, because I have:
1) The Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism, London: Hogarth Press, 1933, translated by Soames
2) Origins and Doctrine of Fascism, by Giovanni Gentile, translated by James Gregor.
They are different.
The 1) Seems to me the best description of what Fascism is in general. Would you agree? Or would you have something else to recommend?
The 2) makes it clear that they see history as the struggle of the Italian people as a nation. Nationalism is the key component of Fascism. But I can't understand where this text comes from.
> I think that you may be confusing historical materialism - the viewpoint that material conditions drive social change - with philosophical materialism - the viewpoint that there is nothing apart from the material world. Both the marxists and the fascists were historical materialists.
Oh no, I'm not confused, I know the difference.
From the 2 sources above it clearly rejects historical materialism.
But thanks for the interesting conversation, I didn't know Mussolini has such a... *questionable* origin story!