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- 13 - 52 became visible, met with another phenomenon, which in particular became the fundamental fact of the latest history Itali- pa aa ae d d d c The anti-church, at least church-critical, fundamental position of the original fascism is known. ". & lis has in his compilation "Mussolini contro il mito" /l94' e.g. The Trieste speech of 20.9.20 with its attacks was quoted as iristism, for which, however, the magazine "Europa Fascista" rebuked him in the discussion. Therefore, Nan could easily have assumed that the balance between the two powers remained in the diplomatic sphere. The development has taught that it is not merely a diplomatic process: in effect there is an increasing catholization of fascism. Every fascist-friendly group in the College of Cardinals, which, against the will of the then and probably also the present Pope, has enforced the promise, knew what it was about. It gave fascism, which became uncertain in its universalist endeavours, a new hold on Catholic universality: the "Latin" and the "Catholic" Rome are closely linked with each other, both together being the spiritual basis for the Italian primacy claim. The spiritual-historical significance of this event cannot easily be calculated. Up to about 1934, the strongly French sociologists Sorel and Pa- reto had exerted a decisive influence on fascism, the former by his teaching of creative authority, the latter by his elite concept. Hegel also had an influence on the Nege about Groce and Gentile. Next to him, Nietzsche, for whom Mussolini was particularly interested, came to the fore. All these influences have been severely suppressed for almost a decade, and modern fascism, for example, is not hegelian, but almost anti-hegelian. In relation to the Nazi Germanism, both the ideas of Paret-to and Sorel and those of Hegelians have resulted in a strong Uaterscheidung, which was especially evident in the evaluation of popularism. If the two volumes by Luca dei Sabelli, Nazioni e minoranze etniche /Bologna 1929/, published by the Istituto Nazionale Fascista di Cultura, are to be taken into account, it is not possible to discover any agreement in the politics of the people. Merging of all the peoples of a state is a supreme principle, taking into account the ressian and ethnic peculiarities. The Catholicization of the Faschiemus has amplified these opposites, but also considerably strengthened them. - 14 -