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"The Doctrine of Fascism" ( it, "La dottrina del fascismo", italics=no) is an essay attributed to
Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in ...
. In truth, the first part of the essay, entitled "" (), was written by the Italian philosopher
Giovanni Gentile Giovanni Gentile (; 30 May 1875 – 15 April 1944) was an Italian neo-Hegelian idealist philosopher, educator, and fascist politician. The self-styled "philosopher of Fascism", he was influential in providing an intellectual foundation for ...
, while only the second part ("", ) is the work of Mussolini himself.


Overview

Although written in 1927 by Mussolini, with the help of
Giovanni Gentile Giovanni Gentile (; 30 May 1875 – 15 April 1944) was an Italian neo-Hegelian idealist philosopher, educator, and fascist politician. The self-styled "philosopher of Fascism", he was influential in providing an intellectual foundation for ...
, it was first published in the 14th volume of the '' Italian Encyclopedia'' (''Enciclopedia Italiana''), published in 1932, as the first section of a lengthy entry on "Fascismo" (). The entire entry on fascism spans pages 847–884 of the ''Enciclopedia Italiana'', and includes numerous photographs and graphic images. The entry starts on page 847 and ends on 851 with the credit line "Benito Mussolini." All subsequent translations of "The Doctrine of Fascism" are from this work. A key concept of the Mussolini essay was that fascism was a rejection of previous models: "Granted that the nineteenth century was the century of socialism, liberalism, democracy, this does not mean that the twentieth century must also be the century of socialism, liberalism, democracy. Political doctrines pass; nations remain. We are free to believe that this is the century of authority, a century tending to the "right", a Fascist century. If the nineteenth century was the century of the individual (liberalism implies individualism) we are free to believe that this is the "collective" century, and therefore the century of the State." The original Italian text says, "Si può pensare che questo sia il secolo dell’autorità, un secolo di «destra», un secolo fascista". Nonetheless, Jane Soames, in her “authorized translation” of Mussolini's 1933 �
“The Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism”
reads: "a century of the Left, a century of Fascism" on page 20. This is often said to be a mistake in Soames' translation. In 1940, Mussolini ordered all remaining copies of the document, which had different editions and translations, to be retracted "because he changed his mind about certain points".Noel O’Sullivan, "Fascism", London: Dent, 1983, p.138


Translations

The first authorized translation into English was prepared by Jane Soames and published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf in 1933 (''The Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism'', London: Hogarth Press, 1933). Soames' translation was also published in ''The Living Age'', November 1933, New York City, p. 241, as a chapter entitle
"The Doctrine of Fascism"
Other translations include: *Nathanael Greene, ed., ''Fascism: An Anthology'', New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1968, pp. 41, 43–44 * Benito Mussolini, ''My Autobiography: With "The Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism"'', Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, 2006, p. 236.


See also

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Notes


References

*''Fascism'', Noel O'Sullivan, 1983 pg 138: referencing; ''Mussolini's Roman Empire'', by Mack Smith Penguin, ed., 1979, first published in 1976. * Mussolini, Benito (1935). ''The Doctrine of Fascism''.
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: Vallecchi Editore. * Mussolini, Benito (1935). ''Fascism: Doctrine and Institutions''.
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: Ardita Publishers. *Translation of the 1932 Enciclopedia Italiana essay "Doctrines" by Mussolini. This translation is by Mr. I. S. Munro, from "Fascism to World-Power" (Alexander Maclehose, London, 1933). It is part of a 1984 compilation book: ''Readings on Fascism and National Socialism''; Swallow Press, Athens, Ohio, 1984

*Schnapp, Jeffrey T.; Sears, Olivia E.; Stampino, Maria G. (2000). ''A Primer of Italian Fascism.''
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. *''My Autobiography''. Book by Benito Mussolini; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928


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The Doctrine of Fascism by Benito Mussolini
Complete text of the essay "''Dottrina''" (Doctrines). A translation of the Benito Mussolini "Doctrines" section of the "Fascism" entry in the 1932 edition of the
Enciclopedia Italiana The ''Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere e Arti'' ( Italian for "Italian Encyclopedia of Science, Letters, and Arts"), best known as ''Treccani'' for its developer Giovanni Treccani or ''Enciclopedia Italiana'', is an Italian-language ...
. From the publication ''Fascism: Doctrine and Institutions'', by
Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in ...
, 1935, 'Ardita' Publishers, Rome. Footnote numbers inserted in the text, and a footnote appendix (both not found in the 1932 encyclopedia article), are found in this 1935 publication. The footnotes contain excerpts from his speeches.
Authorized translation of Mussolini’s “The Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism” (1933)Italian text.
Includes a few excerpts from another translation into English of the Mussolini essay on "Doctrines" in the 1932 edition of the
Enciclopedia Italiana The ''Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere e Arti'' ( Italian for "Italian Encyclopedia of Science, Letters, and Arts"), best known as ''Treccani'' for its developer Giovanni Treccani or ''Enciclopedia Italiana'', is an Italian-language ...
. From ''The Doctrine of Fascism,'' by Benito Mussolini, 1935, Firenze: Vallecchi Editore.
2 Mussolini autobiographies in one book. English. Searchable.
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