... sourced to different thinkers such as Rousseau, Fichte, Carlyle, Hegel, Nietzche and even Plato, in his Republic (Segre, 2002). Political theorists, historians and writers all contributed in the 18th and 19th century to the development of European fascist thought. Joseph de Maistre despised the Enlightenment for taking power away from religion and traditional elites, just as Hippolyte Taine ... condemned the rise to power of the masses, whom he suggested were biologically inferior to aristocrats (RoSo, 2002). The ... to not only control all political power, but also courts, churches, uni...

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