hey, I read that book. And you and Arendt are probably right. But I am not sure that that means Fascism has to always turn out the way it did. But you move me a little towards thinking so by reminding me of Arendt. If I suffer from hero--or heroine--worship, it is for Arendt.   
 
>>> Daniel Pearlman <[log in to unmask]> 08/27 10:23 AM >>>
At 10:18 AM 8/27/99 -0500, you [Robert Kibler] wrote:
>I am not sure that fascit ideology has the cult of the leader as an
identifiable component of its manifestos--
 
Of course they don't, Robert! ...  But do read Hannah Arendt's great
book on totalitarianism (damn, can't remember titles!) where she
shows that the cult is INHERENT to the ideology.
 
==Dan
 
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