Italian Fascism and Developmental Dictatorship

Political scientists generally have been disposed to treat Italian Fascism--if not generic fascism--as an idiosyncratic episode in the special history of Europe. James Gregor contends, to the contrary, that Italian Fascism has much in common with an inclusive class of developmental revolutionary regimes.

Originally published in 1980.

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CONTENTS

PREFACE, ix

ONE: THE AMBIGUOUS LEGACY, 3

- The Crisis of Classical Marxism, 6
- The Crisis in Italy, 20
- Italian Revolutionary Syndicalism, 22

TWO: THE FIRST REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST HERESY, 32

The Evolution of Syndicalism, 32
Syndicalism and the Nature of Man, 34
Syndicalism and Social Psychology, 37
Syndicalism and the Social and Political Function of Myth, 43
Elitism, 50
Syndicalism and Industrial Development, 58

THREE: THE FIRST NATIONAL SOCIALISM, 64

- Revolutionary Syndicalism: Marxism and the Problems of National Interests, 64
- Syndicalism and Proletarian Nationalism, 71
- Revolutionary Syndicalism, War, and Moral Philosophy, 73
- Syndicalism, Nationalism, and Economic Development, 83
- National Syndicalism and Lenin's Bolshevism, 91

FOUR: THE PROGRAM OF FASCISM, 96

- The Fascism of San Sepolcro, 101
- Syndicalism, Nationalism, and Fascism, 103
- Fascism and Ideology, 112
- Fascism and Bolshevism, 121

FIVE: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF FASCISM, 127

- Alfredo Rocco, Nationalism, and the Economic Policy of Fascism, 133
- Economic Policy from 1922 until the Great Depression, 140
- Fascist Economic Policy after the Great Depression, 153
- The Political Economy of Fascism and the Revolutionary Socialist Tradition, 162

SIX: THE LABOR POLICY OF FASCISM, 172

- The Origins of Fascist Syndicalism, 172
- The Rise of Fascist Syndicalism, 183
- The Evolution of Fascist Syndicalism, 190
- The Functions of Fascist Syndicalism, 196
- The Labor Policy of Fascism and Revolutionary Marxism, 206

SEVEN: THE ORCHESTRATION OF CONSENSUS, 214

- Syndicalism, Fascism, and the Psychology of the Masses, 215
- The Rationale of Orchestrated Consensus, 223
- The Apparatus of Orchestration, 227
- The Fascist Rationale, 241
- Revolutionary Socialism and Charismatic, Consensual Regimes, 244

EIGHT: THE SOCIAL POLICIES OF FASCISM, 254

- The Social Welfare Legislation of Fascism, 256
- Fascist Demographic Policies, 265
- Fascism and "Ruralization", 275
- Fascism and "Antifeminism", 281
- The Social Policies of Bolshevism, 291
- Bolshevik Demographic Policies, 294

NINE: FASCISM AND DEVELOPMENT IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE, 300

- Fascism and Development, 303
- Fascism and Totalitarianism, 319

Conclusions, 328
NOTES, 335
BIBLIOGRAPHY, 387
INDEX, 413

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