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Crypto-fascism is the secret support for, or admiration of, fascism. The term is used to imply that an individual or group keeps this support or admiration hidden to avoid political persecution or political suicide. The common usage is "crypto-fascist", one who practices this support.
Etymology
In an ABC television debate during the chaos of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, Gore Vidal described William F. Buckley, Jr. as a "crypto-Nazi",[1][2] later correcting himself as meaning to say "crypto-fascist". However, the term had appeared five years earlier in a German-language book by the sociologist Theodor W. Adorno, German: Der getreue Korrepetitor, lit. 'The Faithful Répétiteur'.[3] Adorno used "crypto-fascism" as early as 1937 in a letter written to Walter Benjamin. In this document, the term is not linked to secret support or admiration of fascism but it is used to refer to someone who is insufficiently conscious when displaying such regressive tendencies.[4]: 212
Usage
The term was used by German Nobel laureate Heinrich Böll in a 1972 essay (titled de:Will Ulrike Gnade oder freies Geleit?)[5] that was sharply critical of the tabloid newspaper Bild's coverage of the Baader-Meinhof Gang left-wing terrorist organization. In the essay, Böll stated that what Bild does German: Das ist nicht mehr kryptofaschistisch. nicht mehr faschistoid, das ist nackter Faschismus. Verhetzung, Lüge, Dreck., lit. 'That is no longer crypto-fascist. no longer fascistoid, that is naked fascism. Incitement, lies, filth.'[5]
See also
References
- ^ Buckley Jr., William F.; Vidal, Gore (2 October 2016). ""Crypto-Nazi" and Other Insults". Independent Lens. Season 18. Episode 1. 1:16 minutes in. PBS. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ Grynbaum, Michael M. (24 July 2015). "Buckley vs. Vidal: When Debate Became Bloodsport". The New York Times (New York ed.). p. 12. eISSN 1553-8095. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
On a night of riots at the Democratic convention in Chicago, Buckley and Vidal had their own climactic on-air clash. Vidal called Buckley a "crypto-Nazi," prompting a reaction that still stuns. "Now listen, you queer," Buckley replied, "stop calling me a crypto-Nazi or I'll sock you in the goddamn face and you'll stay plastered."
{{cite news}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 5 September 2021 suggested (help) - ^ Adorno, Theodor W. (30 May 1976). Gesammelte Schriften in zwanzig Bänden: Band 15: Komposition für den Film. Der getreue Korrepetitor [Collected writings in twenty volumes: Volume 15: Composition for the film. The faithful répétiteur] (in German). Vol. 15 (2nd ed.). Suhrkamp. p. 191. ISBN 978-3518572184. OCLC 832981112. OL 12762704M.
- ^ Adorno, Theodor W.; Benjamin, Walter (10 December 1999) [1994]. "#88, Wiesengrund-Adorno to Benjamin, London, 22 September 1937". In Lonitz, Henri (ed.). The complete correspondence, 1928-1940. Translated by Walker, Nicholas (1st ed.). Harvard University Press. pp. 211–214. ISBN 978-0674154278. LCCN 99010988. OCLC 473903058. OL 7692255M. Retrieved 14 December 2021. p. 212:
Namely, that the anti-historical, and indeed crypto-fascistic, faith in nature which is hostile to all socail analysis, which eventually leads him towards a kind of 'national community' [Volksgemeinschaft] based on biology and imagination.
- ^ a b Böll, Heinrich (9 January 1972). "Will Ulrike Gnade oder freies Geleit? Schriftsteller Heinrich Böll über die Baader-Meinhof-Gruppe und "Bild"" [Does Ulrike want mercy or safe conduct? Writer Heinrich Böll on the Baader Meinhof Group and "Bild"]. Der Spiegel (in German). No. 3. pp. 54–57. eISSN 2195-1349. ISSN 0038-7452. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
Das ist nicht mehr kryptofaschistisch. nicht mehr faschistoid, das ist nackter Faschismus. Verhetzung, Lüge, Dreck.
[That is no longer crypto-fascist. no longer fascistoid, that is naked fascism. Incitement, lies, filth.]