v_i_o_l_a<p>Um drei Ecken zufällig an dieser Folge vom "Spark!", dem <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Podcast</span></a> der Uni Siegen vorbeigekommen: "Ausgabe 7: Das Eco-Rätsel – Interview mit dem Literaturwissenschaftler Dr. Niels Penke" <a href="https://www.uni-siegen.de/presse/relaunch/publikationen/spark/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">uni-siegen.de/presse/relaunch/</span><span class="invisible">publikationen/spark/</span></a>.<br>Der von <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sciences.social/@npenke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>npenke</span></a></span> entdeckte "bibliophile Kriminialfall" hatte seinen Anfang auf Twitter genommen: <a href="https://x.com/NielsPenke/status/1629425550736457730" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/NielsPenke/status/162942</span><span class="invisible">5550736457730</span></a> <br><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/UmbertoEco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UmbertoEco</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/CarmenNova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarmenNova</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/F%C3%A4lschung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fälschung</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/wer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wer</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/warum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warum</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/wieso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wieso</span></a></p>
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Sanne<p>Es ist „nur“ der eine konkrete Essay »Der ewige <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Faschismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faschismus</span></a>« von <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/UmbertoEco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UmbertoEco</span></a>, den <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@derPUPE" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>derPUPE</span></a></span> da gefunden hat, aber deshalb nicht minder hörenswert! <br>Danke fürs Aufmerksammachen und Teilen. 🌈 </p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/@derPUPE/114126483187814706" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chaos.social/@derPUPE/11412648</span><span class="invisible">3187814706</span></a></p>
doceasubio<p><a href="https://mastodon.gal/tags/amor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gal/tags/pol%C3%ADtica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>política</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gal/tags/guerra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guerra</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gal/tags/odio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>odio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gal/tags/UmbertoEco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UmbertoEco</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/share/reel/BAK0Tdagpw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">instagram.com/share/reel/BAK0T</span><span class="invisible">dagpw</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>As if hypnotized, he sank to his knees and said only, "Forgive me, because I do not know."</p><p>"You are forgiven, because you know you do not know," Aglie said. "And so, brothers, the prisoner has knowledge that none of us has. He knows even who we are; in fact, we learned who we are through him."</p><p>- Umberto Eco, "Foucault's Pendulum"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ItalianLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItalianLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OccultLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OccultLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MysteryLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MysteryLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Occult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Occult</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mystery</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Kabbalah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kabbalah</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/KnightsTemplar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KnightsTemplar</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/SecretSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecretSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/UmbertoEco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UmbertoEco</span></a></p>
Wisdom in Space<p>Creativity can only be anarchic, capitalist, Darwinian.<br> -- Umberto Eco</p><p>⬆ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quotes</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/UmbertoEco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UmbertoEco</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Creativity</span></a></p><p>⬇ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Panorama</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sunset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sunset</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kayaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kayaks</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Everglades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Everglades</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a></p>
Katika Kühnreich<p>Hier auch nochmal in dieser Sprache: <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Faschismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faschismus</span></a> ist kein neues Phänomen.</p><p>Der italienische <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Autor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autor</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Philosoph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosoph</span></a> & <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Antifaschist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antifaschist</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/UmbertoEco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UmbertoEco</span></a> veröffentlichte 1995 seinen Text "Der <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Ur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ur</span></a>-Faschismus"</p><p>Eine <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/%C3%9Cbersezung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Übersezung</span></a> veröffentlichte damals <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/dieZeit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dieZeit</span></a> <a href="https://www.zeit.de/1995/28/Urfaschismus" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">zeit.de/1995/28/Urfaschismus</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Je mehr wir über die Funktionen von Faschismus wissen, desto besser können wir dagegen vorsorgen und <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Widerstand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Widerstand</span></a> leisten.</p><p>Und Widerstand ist notwendig.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Antifaschismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antifaschismus</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Philosophie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophie</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Autoritarismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autoritarismus</span></a></p>
Katika Kühnreich<p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> isn't a new phenomenon but is has a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> and understanding it is necessary for <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/prevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prevention</span></a> & <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a>.</p><p>There is an often overlooked work by <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/italian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>italian</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/philosopher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosopher</span></a> & <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/antifascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antifascist</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/UmbertoEco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UmbertoEco</span></a> </p><p>First published 1995 in the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/NewYorkReviewOfBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkReviewOfBooks</span></a> <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/2</span><span class="invisible">2/ur-fascism/</span></a></p><p>There was no <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/gamification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamification</span></a> that time</p><p>There is a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a> article on it & many opportunities to find it in different languages</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antifa</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/antifascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antifascism</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>
slowforward<p><strong>la poesia artificiale di nanni balestrini / manuela gandini per ‘ahida’</strong></p><p>● <strong>ahida</strong> (rivista online in preparazione) – comparto comp/art: «La poesia artificiale di Nanni Balestrini», di Manuela <strong>Gandini</strong></p><p>1961. Nell’interrato della Cassa di Risparmio delle Province Lombarde di Milano c’è un computer grande come una stanza che viene attivato alla presenza di un piccolo gruppo di giovani in giacca e cravatta. Odore di elettricità, di cavi, di plastica, ferro, gomma e legno. Il sistema IBM 7070 è collegato a 14 unità a nastro magnetico 729/II e 2 sistemi IBM 1401. <br>È il mio anno di nascita, ma anche l’anno di nascita della poesia artificiale di Nanni Balestrini. Il suo progetto “criminale” è di sopprimere l’autore (il poeta) eliminandolo dalla produzione della poesia. La poesia verrà composta dalla macchina e non dall’umano. <br>Quel giorno, oltre a lui, sono presenti Umberto Eco, Luciano Berio, Alberto Nobis (ingegnere IBM) e qualche altro tecnico. L’emozione è palpabile, l’esperimento epocale. Allora nessuno, tranne le istituzioni, possiede un computer. <br>Nanni ha estratto dei brani da tre libri – «Diario di Hiroshima», di Michihito Hachiya; «Il mistero dell’ascensore», di Paul Godwin e «Tao Te Ching», di Lao Tse – e li ha inseriti nel software dell’ordinatore per ottenere una poesia imprevedibile e infinita in un flusso combinatorio che giustappone le frasi. Apocalissi e saggezza! «Era una cosa molto semplice, banale», ha commentato l’autore. Il computer stampava 600 righe al minuto per decine di metri e Balestrini, rifacendosi alla pratica surrealista del «Cadavre Exquis», ha isolato i componimenti più interessanti e li ha incisi nella storia. <br>Ieri ho letto su «Il Corriere della Sera» la grande novità del secolo: il «Poem Booth» che (nato nei Paesi Bassi) arriverà al prossimo Salone del Libro di Torino. Si tratta di una «macchina per la poesia» – di Ellen Deckwitz – la quale di fronte a un visitatore scrive automaticamente una poesia/ritratto, utilizzando frammenti dei brani poetici dell’autrice. E allora Viva la poesia! Viva la @macchina! E viva le figlie e i figli del Balestrini artista e poeta, a patto che, questi, non facciano tabula rasa della Storia. <br>I ribelli del Gruppo 63, con immensa fatica, hanno fatto una rivoluzione linguistica; Balestrini ha immaginato e sperimentato oltre mezzo secolo fa le potenzialità dell’AI buttando all’aria il ruolo di autore. E adesso? Tutti dimentichi? </p><a href="https://slowforward.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/nanni941315495806223834.jpg?w=1024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a><p>● foto di S.B. , via Cernaia, Roma, 2018</p><p></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://slowforward.net/tag/ahida/" target="_blank">#ahida</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://slowforward.net/tag/ai/" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://slowforward.net/tag/alberto-nobis/" target="_blank">#AlbertoNobis</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://slowforward.net/tag/art/" target="_blank">#art</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://slowforward.net/tag/arte/" target="_blank">#arte</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://slowforward.net/tag/cassa-di-risparmio-delle-province-lombarde/" target="_blank">#CassaDiRisparmioDelleProvinceLombarde</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://slowforward.net/tag/comp-art/" target="_blank">#compArt</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://slowforward.net/tag/ellen-deckwitz/" target="_blank">#EllenDeckwitz</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://slowforward.net/tag/gruppo-63/" target="_blank">#Gruppo63</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://slowforward.net/tag/ibm-7070/" target="_blank">#IBM7070</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://slowforward.net/tag/la-poesia-artificiale-di-nanni-balestrini/" target="_blank">#LaPoesiaArtificialeDiNanniBalestrini</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://slowforward.net/tag/luciano-berio/" target="_blank">#LucianoBerio</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://slowforward.net/tag/manuela-gandini/" target="_blank">#ManuelaGandini</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://slowforward.net/tag/nanni-balestrini/" target="_blank">#NanniBalestrini</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://slowforward.net/tag/poem-booth/" target="_blank">#PoemBooth</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://slowforward.net/tag/rivista-online/" target="_blank">#rivistaOnline</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://slowforward.net/tag/rivoluzione-linguistica/" target="_blank">#rivoluzioneLinguistica</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://slowforward.net/tag/tape-mark/" target="_blank">#TapeMark</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://slowforward.net/tag/tape-mark-i/" target="_blank">#TapeMarkI</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://slowforward.net/tag/umberto-eco/" target="_blank">#UmbertoEco</a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UmbertoEco" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UmbertoEco</span></a>’s List of the 14 Common Features of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p><p>in History, Literature, Politics | November 1st, 2024</p><p>"While Eco is firm in claiming “There was only one Nazism,” he says, “the fascist game can be played in many forms, and the name of the game does not change.” Eco reduces the qualities of what he calls “Ur-Fascism, or Eternal Fascism” down to 14 “typical” features. “These features,” writes the novelist and semiotician, “cannot be organized into a system; many of them contradict each other, and are also typical of other kinds of despotism or fanaticism. But it is enough that one of them be present to allow fascism to coagulate around it.”</p><p> 1. The cult of tradition. “One has only to look at the syllabus of every fascist movement to find the major traditionalist thinkers. The Nazi gnosis was nourished by traditionalist, syncretistic, occult elements.”<br /> 2. The rejection of modernism. “The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity. In this sense Ur-Fascism can be defined as irrationalism.”<br /> 3. The cult of action for action’s sake. “Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation.”<br /> 4. Disagreement is treason. “The critical spirit makes distinctions, and to distinguish is a sign of modernism. In modern culture the scientific community praises disagreement as a way to improve knowledge.”<br /> 5. Fear of difference. “The first appeal of a fascist or prematurely fascist movement is an appeal against the intruders. Thus Ur-Fascism is racist by definition.”<br /> 6. Appeal to social frustration. “One of the most typical features of the historical fascism was the appeal to a frustrated middle class, a class suffering from an economic crisis or feelings of political humiliation, and frightened by the pressure of lower social groups.”<br /> 7. The obsession with a plot. “Thus at the root of the Ur-Fascist psychology there is the obsession with a plot, possibly an international one. The followers must feel besieged.”<br /> 8. The enemy is both strong and weak. “By a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.”<br /> 9. Pacifism is trafficking with the enemy. “For Ur-Fascism there is no struggle for life but, rather, life is lived for struggle.”<br /> 10. Contempt for the weak. “Elitism is a typical aspect of any reactionary ideology.”<br /> 11. Everybody is educated to become a hero. “In Ur-Fascist ideology, heroism is the norm. This cult of heroism is strictly linked with the cult of death.”<br /> 12. Machismo and weaponry. “Machismo implies both disdain for women and intolerance and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits, from chastity to homosexuality.”<br /> 13. Selective populism. “There is in our future a TV or Internet populism, in which the emotional response of a selected group of citizens can be presented and accepted as the Voice of the People.”<br /> 14. Ur-Fascism speaks Newspeak. “All the Nazi or Fascist schoolbooks made use of an impoverished vocabulary, and an elementary syntax, in order to limit the instruments for complex and critical reasoning.”</p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2024/11/umberto-ecos-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">openculture.com/2024/11/umbert</span><span class="invisible">o-ecos-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DoublePlusUngood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DoublePlusUngood</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechnoFacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TechnoFacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/January6" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>January6</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristoFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChristoFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristianCoalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChristianCoalition</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChristianNationalism</span></a> <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiGBLTQLegislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AntiGBLTQLegislation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopHR9495" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StopHR9495</span></a></p>
Levka<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fascists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UmbertoEco" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UmbertoEco</span></a></p><p>"Eco grew up under Mussolini’s fascist regime, which 'was certainly a dictatorship, but it was not totally totalitarian, not because of its mildness but rather because of the philosophical weakness of its ideology. Contrary to common opinion, fascism in Italy had no special philosophy.' It did, however, have style, 'a way of dressing—far more influential, with its black shirts, than Armani, Benetton, or Versace would ever be.' The dark humor of the comment indicates a critical consensus about fascism. As a form of extreme nationalism, it ultimately takes on the contours of whatever national culture produces it.</p><p>While Eco is firm in claiming 'There was only one Nazism,' he says, 'the fascist game can be played in many forms, and the name of the game does not change.' Eco reduces the qualities of what he calls 'Ur-Fascism, or Eternal Fascism' down to 14 'typical' features. 'These features,' writes the novelist and semiotician, 'cannot be organized into a system; many of them contradict each other, and are also typical of other kinds of despotism or fanaticism. But it is enough that one of them be present to allow fascism to coagulate around it.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2024/11/umberto-ecos-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">openculture.com/2024/11/umbert</span><span class="invisible">o-ecos-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UmbertoEco" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UmbertoEco</span></a> Makes a List of the 14 Common Features of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p><p>in History, Literature, Politics | November 22nd, 2016 101 Comments</p><p>"Eco grew up under <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mussolini" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mussolini</span></a>’s fascist regime, which 'was certainly a dictatorship, but it was not totally totalitarian, not because of its mildness but rather because of the philosophical weakness of its ideology. Contrary to common opinion, fascism in Italy had no special philosophy.' It did, however, have style, 'a way of dressing—far more influential, with its black shirts, than Armani, Benetton, or Versace would ever be.' The dark humor of the comment indicates a critical consensus about fascism. As a form of extreme nationalism, it ultimately takes on the contours of whatever national culture produces it.</p><p>1. The cult of tradition. “One has only to look at the syllabus of every fascist movement to find the major traditionalist thinkers. The Nazi gnosis was nourished by traditionalist, syncretistic, occult elements.”</p><p>2. The rejection of modernism. “The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity. In this sense Ur-Fascism can be defined as irrationalism.”</p><p>3. The cult of action for action’s sake. “Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation.”</p><p>4. Disagreement is treason. “The critical spirit makes distinctions, and to distinguish is a sign of modernism. In modern culture the scientific community praises disagreement as a way to improve knowledge.”</p><p>5. Fear of difference. “The first appeal of a fascist or prematurely fascist movement is an appeal against the intruders. Thus Ur-Fascism is racist by definition.”</p><p>6. Appeal to social frustration. “One of the most typical features of the historical fascism was the appeal to a frustrated middle class, a class suffering from an economic crisis or feelings of political humiliation, and frightened by the pressure of lower social groups.”</p><p>7. The obsession with a plot. “Thus at the root of the Ur-Fascist psychology there is the obsession with a plot, possibly an international one. The followers must feel besieged.”</p><p>8. The enemy is both strong and weak. “By a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.”</p><p>9. Pacifism is trafficking with the enemy. “For Ur-Fascism there is no struggle for life but, rather, life is lived for struggle.”</p><p>10. Contempt for the weak. “Elitism is a typical aspect of any reactionary ideology.”</p><p>11. Everybody is educated to become a hero. “In Ur-Fascist ideology, heroism is the norm. This cult of heroism is strictly linked with the cult of death.”</p><p>12. Machismo and weaponry. “Machismo implies both disdain for women and intolerance and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits, from chastity to homosexuality.”</p><p>13. Selective populism. “There is in our future a TV or Internet populism, in which the emotional response of a selected group of citizens can be presented and accepted as the Voice of the People.”</p><p>14. Ur-Fascism speaks Newspeak. “All the Nazi or Fascist schoolbooks made use of an impoverished vocabulary, and an elementary syntax, in order to limit the instruments for complex and critical reasoning.”</p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2016/11/umberto-eco-makes-a-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">openculture.com/2016/11/umbert</span><span class="invisible">o-eco-makes-a-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Project2025</span></a></p>
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