Giovanni Gentile was an Italian philosopher, fascist politician, and pedagogue.
Gentile, 1930s
Giovanni Gentile and Benito Mussolini examining the first volumes of the Enciclopedia Italiana
Bruno Fanciullacci, Gentile's assassin
Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation and/or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.
Benito Mussolini (left) and Adolf Hitler (right), the leaders of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, respectively
Pro-government demonstration in Salamanca, Francoist Spain, in 1937. Francisco Franco was later labeled by some commentators the "last surviving fascist dictator".
Charles Maurras
Georges Sorel