Federico Finchelstein, "Fascist Mythologies: The History and Politics of Unreason in Borges, Freud, and Schmitt "English | ISBN: 0231183208 | 2022 | 192 pages | PDF | 1004 KB
For fascism, myth was reality―or was realer than the real. Fascist notions of the leader, the nation, power, and violence were steeped in mythic imagery and the fantasy of transcending history. A mythologized primordial past would inspire the heroic overthrow of a debased present to achieve a violently redeemed future. What is distinctive about fascist mythology, and how does this aspect of fascism help explain its perils in the past and present?