ing ▁deb ates ▁it ▁caused , ▁numerous ▁international ▁con ferences ▁were ▁held ▁to ▁discuss ▁generic ▁fasc ism ▁as ▁a ▁concept , ▁several ▁anth ologies ▁were ▁put ▁together ▁to ▁consider ▁generic ▁fasc ism , ▁and ▁a ▁significant ▁scholar ly ▁literature ▁dealing ▁with ▁generic ▁fasc ism ▁as ▁an ▁intellectual ▁phen omena ▁was ▁published . ▁British ▁historian ▁Roger ▁Griff in ▁has ▁written ▁that ▁although ▁written ▁in ▁arc ane ▁and ▁obsc ure ▁language , ▁N ol te ' s ▁theory ▁of ▁fasc ism ▁as ▁a ▁" form ▁of ▁resistance ▁to ▁trans c end ence " ▁marked ▁an ▁important ▁step ▁in ▁the ▁understanding ▁of ▁fasc ism , ▁and ▁helped ▁to ▁sp ur ▁sch ol ars ▁into ▁new ▁a ven ues ▁of ▁research ▁on ▁fasc ism . ▁Isra eli ▁historian ▁Ze ev ▁Stern hell ▁wrote ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁that : ▁ ▁The ▁Three ▁F aces ▁of ▁F asc ism ▁is ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁give ▁a ▁compreh ensive ▁explanation ▁of ▁fasc ism . ▁The ▁book ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁most ▁met icul ous ▁scholar ship , ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁the ▁material ▁is ▁impress ive , ▁and ▁the ▁method ological ▁rig our ▁is ▁ad mi rable . ▁The ▁work ▁has ▁been ▁translated ▁into ▁English ▁and ▁French , ▁and ▁was ▁acc laimed ▁an ▁immediate ▁success . ▁In ▁reviews ▁by , ▁among ▁others , ▁Klaus ▁Ep stein , ▁H ajo ▁Hol born , ▁James ▁J oll , ▁Walter ▁La que ur , ▁George ▁Mos se , ▁Wolfgang ▁S auer , ▁Fritz ▁Stern ▁and ▁Eugen ▁We ber , ▁this ▁master ly