Many simply ignore the problem and keep moving. That’s a dilemma when fascism is supposed to the diametrical opposite of Communism. One problem with that approach is that it is almost impossible to come up with a description of fascism that would exclude, say, Fidel Castro’s Cuba or Joseph Stalin’s Russia. Other are simply descriptive, focusing on the “anatomy” of one fascist regime or regimes. So they come up with these sometimes goofy or unwieldy definitions. I would argue that’s because they can’t bring themselves to place it squarely on the left side of the ideological spectrum and part of the “revolutionary tradition” starting with the French Revolution. How are you defining it in this book?ĭefinitions vary wildly among academics. “Fascism” is such an overused word that it has almost become meaningless. Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning by Jonah Goldberg Doubleday, 496 pp. Below is his interview with the California Literary Review. He argues in his new book, Liberal Fascism, that fascism is primarily a phenomenon of the political left. CLR INTERVIEW: Jonah Goldberg is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and contributing editor to National Review.
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