▁of ▁F asc ism . ▁Crit ic ism ▁from ▁the ▁left , ▁for ▁example ▁by ▁Sir ▁Ian ▁K ers h aw , ▁cent red ▁on ▁N ol te ' s ▁focus ▁on ▁ideas ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁social ▁and ▁economic ▁conditions ▁as ▁a ▁motiv ating ▁force ▁for ▁fasc ism , ▁and ▁that ▁N ol te ▁dep ended ▁too ▁much ▁on ▁fasc ist ▁writ ings ▁to ▁support ▁his ▁th esis . ▁K ers h aw ▁described ▁N ol te ' s ▁theory ▁of ▁fasc ism ▁as ▁" res istance ▁to ▁trans c end ence " ▁as ▁" m yst ical ▁and ▁myst ifying ". ▁From ▁the ▁right , ▁histor ians ▁such ▁as ▁Karl ▁Diet rich ▁Bra cher ▁critic ized ▁the ▁entire ▁notion ▁of ▁generic ▁fasc ism ▁as ▁intellect ually ▁invalid ▁and ▁argued ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁individual ▁choice ▁on ▁the ▁part ▁of ▁Germ ans , ▁rather ▁than ▁N ol te ' s ▁philosoph ical ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁" met ap olit ical ", ▁that ▁produced ▁National ▁Social ism . ▁Bra cher ' s ▁mag num ▁op us , ▁his ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁book ▁Die ▁deutsche ▁D ikt atur ▁( The ▁German ▁D ict ator ship ), ▁was ▁partly ▁written ▁to ▁re but ▁N ol te ' s ▁theory ▁of ▁generic ▁fasc ism , ▁present ing ▁an ▁alternative ▁picture ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Social ist ▁dict ator ship ▁as ▁a ▁total itar ian ▁regime ▁created ▁and ▁sust ained ▁by ▁human ▁actions . ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁N ol te ▁was