Mussolini's Intellectuals
fascist social and political thought
$67.19
- Paperback
296 pages
- Release Date
23 October 2006
Summary
Fascism has traditionally been characterized as irrational and anti-intellectual, finding expression exclusively as a cluster of myths, emotions, instincts, and hatreds. This intellectual history of Italian Fascism–the product of four decades of work by one of the leading experts on the subject in the English-speaking world–provides an alternative account. A. James Gregor argues that Italian Fascism may have been a flawed system of belief, but it was neither more nor less irrational than o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691127903 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0691127905 |
| Author: | A. James Gregor |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 23 October 2006 |
| Weight: | 425g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 152mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
One of Choice’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2005 “The book succeeds admirably in convincing the reader that, far from being a doctrine based on irrationalism and violence, fascism’s foundations are very sophisticated intellectual constructs.”–Paul Petzschmann, Political Theory
About The Author
A. James Gregor
A. James Gregor is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Italian Fascism and Developmental Dictatorship and The Fascist Persuasion in Radical Politics (Princeton), and The Faces of Janus: Marxism and Fascism in the Twentieth Century (Yale). He has been awarded the title Knight of the Order of Merit of the Republic by the Italian government for his publications on the history of Italy.
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