Scholarship of Fascism

Scholarship of Fascism refers to the presentation in academia of fascism, the political movement which Italy was ruled by under Benito Mussolini. The vast majority of the so-called scholarship after World War II and just before it, is plagued by politically bias, specifically presenting a Marxist-Leninist view or is curtailed by the intellectual cowardice of authors who are desperate to show how "anti-fascist" they are rather than write a serious study of the subject. Much of the more serious work comes from outside the Anglosphere: especially Renzo De Felice and Ernst Nolte. Following that some serious work has been done by Zeev Sternhell,Template:J A. James Gregor and Stanley G. Payne. There is less stigma attached to writing objectively about Italian fascism than German National Socialism at present.

See also

• Marxist subversion of academia