Apprentice's Sorcerer, The: Liberal Tradition and Fascism : Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume 18 (Studies in Critical Social Sciences)

20th century European Fascism is conventionally described as a fierce assault on liberal politics, culture and economics. Departing from this analysis, The Appentice's Sorcerer highlights the long overlooked critical affinities between the liberal tradition and fascism. Far from being the antithesis of liberalism, fascism both in ideology and practice, was substantially, if dialectically, indebted to liberalism; particularly its economic variant.