Politics: How True History Proves that Fascism is a Leftist System

Giovanni Gentile was described by Mussolini, and by himself, as "the philosopher of Fascism"; moreover, he was the ghostwriter of part of the essay, The Doctrine of Fascism (1932), attributed to Mussolini. 1


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GENTILE, GIOVANNI
(1875–1944)
Giovanni Gentile was one of the major figures in the resurgence of Hegelian idealism in Italy at the beginning of the twentieth century. His "actual idealism," or "actualism," represents the subjective extreme of the idealist tradition in that the present activity of reflective awareness (l'atto del pensiero, pensiero pensante ) is regarded as the absolute foundation on which all else depends. The act of thinking is the "pure act" that creates the world of human experience. 2


Gentile sought to make his philosophy the basis for Fascism, just as Karl Marx had done with his philosophy and communism.[18] However, with Gentile and with Fascism, the "problem of the party" existed by virtue of the fact that the Fascist "party", as such, arose organically rather than from a tract or pre-established socio-political doctrine. This complicated the matter for Gentile as it left no consensus to any way of thinking among Fascists, but ironically this aspect was to Gentile's view of how a state or party doctrine should live out its existence: with natural organic growth and dialectical opposition intact. The fact that Mussolini gave credence to Gentile's view points via Gentile's authorship helped with an official consideration, even though the "problem of the party" continued to exist for Mussolini as well. 3

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1 2017. Wiki2.Org. Accessed December 25 2017. https://wiki2.org/en/Giovanni_Gentile.


2 "Gentile, Giovanni (1875–1944) - Dictionary Definition Of Gentile, Giovanni (1875–1944) | Encyclopedia.Com: FREE Online Dictionary". 2017. Encyclopedia.Com. Accessed December 25 2017. http://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/gentile-giovanni-1875-1944.

3 Wikipedia, Ibid