<P> During the Enlightenment , a number of ideological influences arose that would shape the development of fascism . The development of the study of universal histories by Johann Gottfried Herder resulted in Herder 's analysis of the development of nations , Herder developed the term Nationalismus ( `` nationalism '' ) to describe this cultural phenomenon . At this time nationalism did not refer to the political ideology of nationalism that was later developed during the French Revolution . Herder also developed the theory that Europeans are the descendants of Indo - Aryan people based on language studies . Herder argued that the Germanic peoples held close racial connections with the ancient Indians and ancient Persians , who he claimed were advanced peoples possessing a great capacity for wisdom , nobility , restraint and science . Contemporaries of Herder utilized the concept of the Aryan race to draw a distinction between what they deemed `` high and noble '' Aryan culture versus that of `` parasitic '' Semitic culture and this anti-Semitic variant view of Europeans ' Aryan roots formed the basis of Nazi racial views . Another major influence on fascism came from the political theories of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel . Hegel promoted the absolute authority of the state and said `` nothing short of the state is the actualization of freedom '' and that the `` state is the march of God on earth '' . </P>
<P> During the Enlightenment , a number of ideological influences arose that would shape the development of fascism . The development of the study of universal histories by Johann Gottfried Herder resulted in Herder 's analysis of the development of nations , Herder developed the term Nationalismus ( `` nationalism '' ) to describe this cultural phenomenon . At this time nationalism did not refer to the political ideology of nationalism that was later developed during the French Revolution . Herder also developed the theory that Europeans are the descendants of Indo - Aryan people based on language studies . Herder argued that the Germanic peoples held close racial connections with the ancient Indians and ancient Persians , who he claimed were advanced peoples possessing a great capacity for wisdom , nobility , restraint and science . Contemporaries of Herder utilized the concept of the Aryan race to draw a distinction between what they deemed `` high and noble '' Aryan culture versus that of `` parasitic '' Semitic culture and this anti-Semitic variant view of Europeans ' Aryan roots formed the basis of Nazi racial views . Another major influence on fascism came from the political theories of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel . Hegel promoted the absolute authority of the state and said `` nothing short of the state is the actualization of freedom '' and that the `` state is the march of God on earth '' . </P>
who said nothing short of state is the actualization of freedom
who said nothing short of state is the actualization of freedom
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel