Proto-fascism

Proto-fascism refers to the direct predecessor ideologies and cultural movements that influenced and formed the basis of fascism.[1][2] A prominent proto-fascist figure is Gabriele D'Annunzio, the Italian nationalist whose politics influenced Benito Mussolini and Italian Fascism.[1] Proto-fascist political movements include the Italian Nationalist Association (Associazione Nazionalista Italiana, ANI), the German National Association of Commercial Employees (Deutschnationaler Handlungsgehilfen-Verband, DHV) and the German National People's Party (Deutschnationale Volkspartei, DNVP).[2]

Photograph of Gabriele D'Annunzio in 1921. D'Annunzio was an Italian nationalist and poet who is considered a proto-fascist.

Precedents for modern fascism can be seen in the cultures and governments of older nations which were heavily based on a desire to maintain law and order, such as the Roman Empire and the anciens régimes of Europe.

Other people who have been labeled proto-fascist because they shared an ideological basis with fascism include:

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)[3]
Goldwin Smith (1823–1910)[4]
Charles Maurras (1868–1952)
Ion Dragoumis (1878–1920)[5][6]
Patrick Pearse (1879–1916)[7]
Edgar Julius Jung (1894–1934)

D. H. Lawrence[8]. Bertrand Russell characterized Lawrence as a "proto-German fascist"

References

Spackman, Barbara: Fascist Virilities: Rhetoric, Ideology, and Social Fantasy in Italy, p. 78.
Peter Davies, Derek Lynch. The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right London, England, UK; New York, New York, USA: Routledge. p. 94.
Ulrich Broich, H. T. Dickinson, Eckhart Hellmuth, Martin Schmidt: Reactions to Revolutions: The 1790s and Their Aftermath, p. 255
Kenneth Lunn & Richard C. Thurlow: British Fascism: Essays on the Radical Right in Inter-War Britain, p. 27, 32.
John Mazis, A Man For All Seasons: The Uncompromising Life of Ion Dragoumis
"Γιάννης Μάζης: «Ο Δραγούμης δεν έχω καμία αμφιβολία ότι ήταν ένας πρωτοφασίστας»". Εθνικόν Κράτος (in Greek). 2017-06-04. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
"Patrick Pearse: proto-fascist eccentric or visionary?". History Ireland (Podcast). Retrieved 2019-03-10.
Krockel, Carl (2007). D H Lawrence and Germany: The politics of Influence. Amsterdam: Rodopi. p. 2. ISBN 978-90-420-2126-6.

Sources

Griffin, Roger (2006). The Nature of Fascism. Routledge. ISBN 9781136145889.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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[Spackman-1] Spackman, Barbara: Fascist Virilities: Rhetoric, Ideology, and Social Fantasy in Italy, p. 78.

[Routledge-2] Peter Davies, Derek Lynch. The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right London, England, UK; New York, New York, USA: Routledge. p. 94.

[3] Ulrich Broich, H. T. Dickinson, Eckhart Hellmuth, Martin Schmidt: Reactions to Revolutions: The 1790s and Their Aftermath, p. 255

[4] Kenneth Lunn & Richard C. Thurlow: British Fascism: Essays on the Radical Right in Inter-War Britain, p. 27, 32.

[5] John Mazis, A Man For All Seasons: The Uncompromising Life of Ion Dragoumis

[6] "Γιάννης Μάζης: «Ο Δραγούμης δεν έχω καμία αμφιβολία ότι ήταν ένας πρωτοφασίστας»". Εθνικόν Κράτος (in Greek). 2017-06-04. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

[7] "Patrick Pearse: proto-fascist eccentric or visionary?". History Ireland (Podcast). Retrieved 2019-03-10.

[8] Krockel, Carl (2007). D H Lawrence and Germany: The politics of Influence. Amsterdam: Rodopi. p. 2. ISBN 978-90-420-2126-6.