Georges Valois is the enigma who stands at the center of French fascism. Writer, publisher, economic and political organizer, Valois went from adolescent anarchism to fascism and finally to libertarian socialism. His career has mystified scholars, as it did his contemporaries. From Fascism to Libertarian Communism is the first study of Valois to take his entire life and work as its focus, explaining how certain basic assumptions and patterns of thought took form in strikingly different ideological options. Douglas's work, ...
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Georges Valois is the enigma who stands at the center of French fascism. Writer, publisher, economic and political organizer, Valois went from adolescent anarchism to fascism and finally to libertarian socialism. His career has mystified scholars, as it did his contemporaries. From Fascism to Libertarian Communism is the first study of Valois to take his entire life and work as its focus, explaining how certain basic assumptions and patterns of thought took form in strikingly different ideological options. Douglas's work, based on a thorough examination of sources from police archives to personal papers and interviews, provides a convincing explanation of this quixotic figure--a man who founded French fascism only to turn to the radical left and eventually die as a resister in Bergen-Belsen. At a time when radical socialism is in decline and neofascist movements are gaining renewed support--in France and elsewhere--this original interpretation of Georges Valois's life and thought could not be more timely.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 750grams, ISBN: 0520076788.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. French History. 8vo. Signed First edition (1993. ) Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo with 328 pages. Signed on the front free end paper, "To Prof. Weber, with my most sincere affection, admiration and gratitude. Allen 3/28/93." Signed copy by author to American historian Eugen Weber." This also includes a letter from Allen to Eugen on Indiana Univ. stationary presenting him this book and with a possible meeting with their wives in Paris. The book and dust jacket are in very good condition with very slight shelf wear. Interior is clean and tight. "this original interpretation of Georges Valois's life and thought could not be more timely." Black spine/Red text. #031814.
