Books by David D. Roberts

"David Roberts outlines the contours and history of totalitarianism"--

Focuses on the syndicalist intellectual tradition, which began as a revisionist form of Marxism, then evolved into a kind of nationalist corporatism - the most important theoretical component in Italian fascism. Roberts shows how fascism could be at once popular and elitist, modern and traditional, procapitalist and anticapitalist, nationalist and anti-Italian, totalitarian and anticollectivist.

This set of twelve essays by one of the leading scholars in the field represents an authoritative view of the modern Italian intellectual tradition, its relationship with fascism, and its enduring implications for history, politics, and culture in Italy and beyond.