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  • Fascists Like Literary and Historical Fantasy

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    Roger Griffin argues that nostalgia for a holistic cosmology is important to the Italian sacred Right’.1 This explains why fascists like literary and historical fantasy. According to Griffin, they are motivated by a mode of aesthetic politics. They have this in common with the Left, with some important differences.

    The Fascist Use of Literary and Historical <br>Fantasy
    An old church door, Stow-on-the-Wold, England. Credit: RichVintage

    Griffin’s Argument

    Roger Griffin came to the field of history by way of literature. Along the way … Read the rest