Prior to Mussolinian Italy, the human spirit - that of fascism, expressed through act, action, and mythology - was prevalent within ancient Greece and Rome. Although fascism, and, likewise, third positionism, initially developed in the Third French …
Prior to Mussolinian Italy, the human spirit - that of fascism, expressed through act, action, and mythology - was prevalent within ancient Greece and Rome. Although fascism, and, likewise, third positionism, initially developed in the Third French Republic, as a cultural phenomenon, as a means of rebelling against the decadent, liberalistic modernity, which had overcame the state, fascism dates all the way back to the traditional Mediterranean nations.
Gladiators battles, the worship and romanticisation of violence, heroism, Caesarism, political mythology, statolatry, nationalism, idealism, dictatorialism, the traditional family structure, traditional gender roles, militarism, vigour, sacrifice, and communitarianism were all regular and commonplace themes and occurrences through Greek and Roman society.
Segments:
(Rome) Violence, Heroism, and the Zeitgeist | 00.03 - 07.45
(Sparta, Greece) Education, Gender, and Myth | 07.45 - 19.05
(Sparta, Greece) Racial Identitarianism | 19.05 - 28.47
(Greece: general) Plato: Communism, Idealism, and the Dictatorial State | 28.47 - 40.21
(Rome) Julius Caesar: The Colossal Empire | 40.21 - 44.05
Conclusion: 44.05 - 48.21
Citations:
The Virtues of Violence: Amphitheatres, Gladiators, and the Roman System of Values - Kathleen Colema
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVGVW...
On the phoenix
https://www.livius.org/articles/mytho...
https://hydeandrugg.wordpress.com/201...
Balkan Strongmen: Dictators and Authoritarian Rulers of South Eastern Europe. Page 184. Ioannis Metaxas part.
https://books.google.com.au/books/abo...
Contemporary Political Theory: New Dimensions, Basic Concepts and Major Trends. Page 705. Plato's theory of the dictatorial state.
https://books.google.com.au/books/abo...
Platonic idealism
https://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/engl2...
The conditions of women in Sparta
http://www.womenintheancientworld.com...
"To what extent was Hitler's rule of Nazi Germany similar to life in Sparta?" by Timothy Whiffen
https://www.academia.edu/4761037/To_w...
Plato: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (explains Plato's political philosophy and compares it with fascism. Also, discusses his theory of communism)
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=...
National socialist quotations (the two below)
Life in the Hitler Youth (Jennifer Keeley). Page 30.
Mein Kampf (Adolf Hitler). Chapter 8.
Adventure Time episode: The Silent King
Talks with Mussolini (Emil Ludwig).
https://ia802705.us.archive.org/18/it...
The Ruling Class (Gaetano Mosca)
http://davidmhart.com/liberty/ClassAn...
A Companion to Julius Caesar. Pages 435–439. The fascist idealisation of Caesar.
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=...
