The Faces of Janus
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Author | A. James Gregor |
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Language | English |
Subjects | Marxism, Fascism |
Published | 2000 |
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The Faces of Janus is a book by A. James Gregor, in which the author argues that there are fundamental errors in Marxist analyses of fascism and that the political spectrum identifying the Left as progressive and the Right as reactionary was (in the words of Franklin Hugh Adler) a dishonest way of "privileging purported movements of the Left and demonizing movements of the Right".[1]
Reviewer Harry V. Willems of the Southeast Kansas Library System writes: "Gregor takes issue with 20th-century historians who make fascism and communism the opposing faces of Janus. Gregor is the first to use Marxist theory systematically to bend the political spectrum from a linear to a circular form. That is, fascism and communism meld into each other. Fascism had its origins in communism, and communism exhibited facets of fascism from its inception." The American Historical Review wrote that Gregor argues that fascism was "a compelling and coherent synthesis of ideas generated by some of the most creative thinkers of our time."
References
[edit]- The Faces of Janus: Marxism and Fascism in the Twentieth Century. By A. James Gregor. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2000. 256p. ISBN 0-300-07827-7.
Further reading
[edit]- Smith, Tony (2001). "Review of The Faces of Janus: Marxism and Fascism in the Twentieth Century". Political Science Quarterly. 116 (1): 165–167. doi:10.2307/2657846. ISSN 0032-3195.
- Adler, Franklin Hugh (2000). "Review of The Faces of Janus: Marxism and Fascism in the Twentieth Century; Phoenix: Fascism in Our Time, A. James Gregor". The American Political Science Review. 94 (4): 966–967. doi:10.2307/2586262. ISSN 0003-0554.
- Muravchik, Joshua (2000). Gregor, A. James (ed.). "Two Sides of the Same Coin". The National Interest (60): 125–128. ISSN 0884-9382.
- Ascher, Abraham (2001). "Review of The Faces of Janus: Marxism and Fascism in the Twentieth Century". Slavic Review. 60 (2): 438–439. doi:10.2307/2697319. ISSN 0037-6779.