Title: Fascism: A Precursor to Postmodernism ~ The Imaginative Conservative
Headings: Fascism: A Precursor to Postmodernism
Fascism: A Precursor to Postmodernism
Postmodernism: the Spawn of Fascism
Conclusion
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About the Author: Bill Crouse

Content: Authentic existence comes from unleashing the emotions, cultivating the subjective and irrational dimension of life. The attempts to resolve the dilemma of alienation, understandable as they are, would find concrete and political expression in fascism. [ 7]
Romanticism
Romanticism became the antidote to alienation. It asserted the value of the natural world in that it was seen not as a machine, but as a living organism. Nature must not be approached with reason and intellect, but by experience, emotions, and irrationalism, as opposed to rationalism. The immanence of God (or gods) was emphasized while transcendence was denied. Romanticism was also characterized by nostalgia for the past and an admiration for the primitive. It was believed that primitive cultures were morally superior because they were more in tune with the natural world. Isaiah Berlin in his book: The Roots of Romanticism, says: