Pax Romana, a Fascist Peace
The Fascist belief in a civilizing mission was rooted in the conviction that the Italians were the heirs of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance.
The Fascist belief in a civilizing mission was rooted in the conviction that the Italians were the heirs of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance.
A bourgeois society, according to fascist doctrine, was only able to survive if it created what fascism despised the most: long-lasting peace.
The historical vision of the new man still animates many neo-fascist and neo-Nazi organizations that are rooted in the legacies of fascism.
Unlike yesterday’s fascists, today’s radical right-wing leaders propagate neither territorial expansion nor anything close to the racial laws of the 1930s.
The political momentum and social appeal of the current populist backlash illustrates the persistence of dark collective layers that the postwar transition was meant to have banished.
