Setting aside culture war animosities for the moment to consider the direction of politics in the US--- to the extent that doing so is psychologically and / or economically possible for dedicated culture warriors, recent revelations that the FBI and
Thanks for the comment. I (and others) have argued for years that without the Great Depression, there wouldn't have been a constituency for the rise of the Nazis.
Also, the Parenti book that I linked to in the piece provides a Marxist explanation of fascism that is intuitive, and to which I subscribe.
My take is that Guerin's real-time account provides immediacy that is lost in many ex-post accounts.
I have not read all of Guerin's book, but note that it was written from 1934 to 1945. I do not suggest that fascism is not flawed, it is, but then so is every other political/economic theory. In reading the 1945 preface and a few chapters throughout, I get the sense that the author is not fully appreciating the context in which these changes occurred. As Leon Degrelle stated, without Versailles there would have been no Hitler. Given all of the revelations that have uncovered about the official narratives surrounding WWII, including Hoggan's "The Forced War" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64501388 and Tedor's "Hitler's Revolution" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18682659-hitler-s-revolution - there is more to this than meets the eye. A short booklet from 1952 "Worm In The Apple" also provides context. https://www.wintersonnenwende.com/scriptorium/english/archives/worminapple/wa00.html
Now, that's a very interesting post, thanks a lot for sharing these thoughts.
I'm a historian of pre-modern Europe at the U of Bergen, Norway, but since I began posting on Substack almost 2 years ago, I also write about such topics--perhaps you'd like to check out esp. two pieces on WW2 remembrance as post-bourgeois ideology:
And, lest I forget, what are your thoughts on the 'horseshoe theory' of politic ideologies, which holds that the extremes of the 'spectrum' are much closer than they would appear?
Thanks for the comment. I (and others) have argued for years that without the Great Depression, there wouldn't have been a constituency for the rise of the Nazis.
Also, the Parenti book that I linked to in the piece provides a Marxist explanation of fascism that is intuitive, and to which I subscribe.
My take is that Guerin's real-time account provides immediacy that is lost in many ex-post accounts.
I'll take a look at the links you provided.
Thanks for this article.
I have not read all of Guerin's book, but note that it was written from 1934 to 1945. I do not suggest that fascism is not flawed, it is, but then so is every other political/economic theory. In reading the 1945 preface and a few chapters throughout, I get the sense that the author is not fully appreciating the context in which these changes occurred. As Leon Degrelle stated, without Versailles there would have been no Hitler. Given all of the revelations that have uncovered about the official narratives surrounding WWII, including Hoggan's "The Forced War" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64501388 and Tedor's "Hitler's Revolution" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18682659-hitler-s-revolution - there is more to this than meets the eye. A short booklet from 1952 "Worm In The Apple" also provides context. https://www.wintersonnenwende.com/scriptorium/english/archives/worminapple/wa00.html
Now, that's a very interesting post, thanks a lot for sharing these thoughts.
I'm a historian of pre-modern Europe at the U of Bergen, Norway, but since I began posting on Substack almost 2 years ago, I also write about such topics--perhaps you'd like to check out esp. two pieces on WW2 remembrance as post-bourgeois ideology:
https://fackel.substack.com/p/in-these-times-a-8-9-may-2022-column
https://fackel.substack.com/p/in-these-times-an-8-9-may-2023-column
And, lest I forget, what are your thoughts on the 'horseshoe theory' of politic ideologies, which holds that the extremes of the 'spectrum' are much closer than they would appear?
Thank you. A very clear explanation of the neoliberal destruction that seems to be simply grinding on.
Hello Rob, thanks for this latest post. Excellent as usual. I see you were at the very top of the article list over at CP. As you should be.