Fascism versus Communism
Feb. 19th, 2004 02:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldLast night, before one of Mayor McCA's tapdancing session, we four English grad students got to talking about The Lord of the Rings, in particular, the political orientation of its writer (possibly fascist, probably not compatible with a liberal democracy associated with urban-industrial civilization).
This discussion later segued into a discussion of how, of the two great totalitarian ideologies of the mid-20th century, communism could trace its origins fairly directly to Marx's texts of the mid- to late-19th century, later funnelled through German and Russian Marxist thought. Fascism, in contrast, couldn't claim a comparable monogenetic origin, simply because of its multiple origins (in different national cultures, for different reasons). Or, at least, I think that's the case.
Back to checking papers. This batch really is superb.
This discussion later segued into a discussion of how, of the two great totalitarian ideologies of the mid-20th century, communism could trace its origins fairly directly to Marx's texts of the mid- to late-19th century, later funnelled through German and Russian Marxist thought. Fascism, in contrast, couldn't claim a comparable monogenetic origin, simply because of its multiple origins (in different national cultures, for different reasons). Or, at least, I think that's the case.
Back to checking papers. This batch really is superb.
