"Sergio Luzzatto places the Marquis de Mores as the precursor of the ideology, praxis, and even the aesthetics of fascist movements, challenging the belief in national immunity from authoritarianism."
"Robert O. Paxton warned that France was naked and that the nature of the Vichy regime was unequivocally French, contradicting the idea of foreign imposition as the sole cause of fascism."
"Zeev Sternhell argued that it was in France that the intellectual seed of fascism had been sown, highlighting the dangers of assuming a nation is immune to totalitarianism."
Sergio Luzzatto presents the Marquis de Mores as a significant figure in the development of fascist ideology and aesthetics. The article critiques the notion that certain nations, particularly France and the United States, are immune to authoritarianism. It references historians like Robert O. Paxton and Zeev Sternhell, who argue that the roots of fascism can be found within French intellectual circles. The piece emphasizes that experiencing genocide does not prevent a nation from becoming a perpetrator of similar atrocities.
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