Assignment on Principles of Fascism

Running Head: PRINCIPLES OF FASCISM
Principles of Fascism
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PRINCIPLES OF FASCISM1
Principles of Fascism
The ideology of Fascism has always been argued in parallel to the modern and
evolution of modernity. It was especially the rise of industrialization that industrial power
was recognized. It started the modern concept of war, resulting in totalitarian and
authoritarian regimes. Fascism was the direct product of Italian leader and later the
totalitarian dictator of Italy, Benito Mussolini, who ruled the country for two decades along
with his ally Adolf Hitler in the later part of their career when they targeted by the League of
Nation. Fascism as a concept is completely in disregard and opposite to the enlightenment
ideologies of the prior age. The ideology was introduced by Mussolini and was almost
enforced to be added to the Italian Encyclopedia of 19321. It was written in collaboration with
Giovanni Gentile, who was a friend, supporter, and court philosopher. The essay will trace
the root of Fascism coming from the modern society of rationality and individualism, which
was seen in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
It was in the latter part of the enlightenment that the ideology was seen to be
developing in the political scenarios as well, with the likes Lenin finally coming into the
picture. The formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic brought Marxism into
realization into a political ideology with the representation of an organization. It was for the
first time that the State used a system of class division, and brought an understanding of
power. It came into the hand of the State with the coherence of being used in favor of society.
It was succeeded by Joseph Stalin’s Communist Party. The power of the trade union in the
industrial zone was quickly organized as the ‘red forces’ who fought the war and gained back
the industrial. However, the wars created completely devastated the economic condition of
the State2. They were sent to the rural areas to confiscate food and grain from the peasant
with no restriction on any action, which resulted in another civil war. One can see that the
1 “The Doctrine of Fascism”
2 "Making Of the Modern World”