Fascism appealed to BOTH traditional and revolutionary themes (as, incidentally, so did Communism, and everythinng else, since everything is a mixture of the perceived past and the anticpated future as seen through on another). However, it was definitely more of the latter. Traditionalists do not declare that a speeding motor-car is more beautiful than the Nike of Samothrace, and they do not try to create races of supermen,
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James Heartfield -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are both traditionalist and revolutionary elements in Fascism. It was a revolution against democracy, and it appealed to traditional themes.
^^^^ CB: I like to suggest preserving some concept of progress in the term "revolution" ( Pace: Carrol). So, fascism is radically reactionary , not revolutionary, in its anti-democratic aspect.
On "Fascism", the fasces are, of course, the bundle of rods on the Roman emblem with the phrase "Senatus Populusque Romanus", SPQR. So, the tradition Mussolini was appealing to is clear. ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk