Revisionist socialist theorists of peaceful transition later collaborated with fascist occupiers.
Evidence
Unfortunately, as Georges Sorel (1974) suggested in his brilliant Reflections on violence, first published in 1908, it was possible to inven.t m’yths that might have a consuming power over class politics. SyndIcalIsm of the sort that Sorel promoted originated as a parti CIpatory movement of the left, deeply antagonistic to all forms of state power, but evolved into a corporatist movement (attractive to someone like Le Corbusier in the 1930s) that became a powerful organizing tool of the fascist right. In so doing it was able to appeal t<;> certain myths of a hierarchically ordered but nevertheless parti Clpatory and exclusive community, with clear identity and close socƾal. — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 262 (
#exemplifies, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Revolutionary syndicalists could convert into fascist state functionaries.; Left-originated syndicalism became a powerful organizing tool of the fascist right — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 262; French fascism drew on syndicalist and anti-bolshevik movements rooted in ex-servicemen (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Revolutionary syndicalists could convert into fascist state functionaries.
#exemplifies(0.85) - Left-originated syndicalism became a powerful organizing tool of the fascist right
#exemplifies(0.85) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 262 - French fascism drew on syndicalist and anti-bolshevik movements rooted in ex-servicemen
#expands(0.75) - European fascism drew its intellectual lineage from syndicalist and ex-servicemen milieus.
#expands(0.75) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2179