Re:Umberto Eco: Ur-Fascism (1995) [pdf]
by Brendinooo on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @07:19PM
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The first page or two was promising, I'll try to get through it later.
> it doesn't seem to be Eco's intent, and I assume most people who share this article these days are mainly trying to broaden out our understanding of history
Yeah, I agree with this. One way I've been starting to look at it is that anthropologists/sociologist will study this stuff academically, observationally, but then some distortions can happen:
- In an attempt to provide a tidy narrative, various shades of gray get lumped into the black and white columns
- The results of the research get weaponized. Guilt by association.
Hmm, maybe that's the way some people use it, but it doesn't seem to be Eco's intent, and I assume most people who share this article these days are mainly trying to broaden out our understanding of history, in all its complexity.
At least, that's my intent in chiming in here to recommend this slightly more in-depth perspective:
http://w3.salemstate.edu/~cmauriello/pdfEuropean/Paxton_Five...