The Fascist Persuasion in Radical Politics

by A. James Gregor

Book Overview

How valid are the assertions of contemporary radicals who insist that they are "Marxists"? A. James Gregor measures the distance that separates today's radicals from the belief system of Marx and Engels. He finds that the characteristic qualities of modern mass-mobilizing movements bear more impressive similarities to the paradigmatic Fascism of Benito Mussolini than to "classical Marxism." Thus he offers a new conceptual framework for the analysis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691618534
• ISBN13: 9780691618531
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"