Europe and Western Civilization in the Modern Age

A New Conservatism: Anti-Modernism and the Origins of Fascism (1x22)

Air date: Mar 22, 1998

With the return of divine-right monarchy no longer possible, conservative voices began to object to both liberal capitalism and Marxian socialism. In England, France, Germany, and Italy, there were manifestations of a neo-Romantic revolt against modernity and its urbanism, materialism, and instrumental rationality. Intermixed with this was an ominous strain of anti-Semitism that would later help to shape Fascism.