Fascist Mythologies pre HEALTH - SEXUALITY It doesn't occur to Victor

It doesn't occur to Victor that Kevin might be rescued and adopted by a Maasai medicine man

Every rabbit that stays behind is in great danger

Celebrated writer and critic Peter Kemp shows how modern writers are obsessed with the past

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Fascist Mythologies pre HEALTH - SEXUALITY It doesn't occur to VictorFor fascism, myth was reality or was realer than the real. Fascist notions of the leader, the nation, power, and violence were steeped in mythic imagery and the fantasy of transcending history. A mythologized primordial past would inspire the heroic overthrow of a debased present to achieve a violently redeemed future. What is distinctive about fascist mythology, and how does this aspect of fascism help explain its perils in the past and present?