In spite of some fuzziness regarding the difference between various historical forms of fascism, I think it is possible to outline a list of features that are typical of what I would like to call Ur-Fascism, or Eternal Fascism. These features cannot be organized into a system; many of them contradict each other, and are also typical of other kinds of despotism or fanaticism. But it is enough that one of them be present to allow fascism to coagulate around it.
To read about these features of fascism:
Eternal Fascism: Fourteen Ways of Looking at a Blackshirt
Also:
Understanding Propaganda and the Need for a Strong Public Media
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Lewis Lapham borrowed heavily from Eco in this month's Harper's. It's online here, and definitely worth a read if you haven't seen it in print.
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