POLS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Benito Mussolini, Mein Kampf, Corporatism
11 Oct 2016
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Not at the same pedigree when compared to other ideologies. Borrowed concepts in an ad hoc manner from older ideas that have been around for a while (more left ideas). Country collapsed and he became in charge. Hired someone to create a formal concept of fascism: giovanni gentile gave him 2 months to write up the ideas that represented facism. Enciclopedia italianna wrote an article and said that is what he believes. Mein kampf (my struggle: written to inspire followers. In italy they tried to incorporate corporatism: was corrupted and instead of creating corporate structures to unite the three groups, it was used to tie them to the state. Not an equal partnership: irrationalism (i. e. cult of the volk, cult of the leader, rejection of the rationalism that had governed political thought since the middle ages, appeal to ideas you (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t touch.
