Crypto-fascism
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The term is largely credited to Gore Vidal. In a television debate during the chaos of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, Vidal described William F. Buckley, Jr. as a "crypto-Nazi", 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, Der getreue Korrepetitor (The Faithful Répétiteur).[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Adorno, Gesammelte Schriften, vol. 15, p. 191.
External links
- Political Animals: Vidal, Buckley and the ’68 Conventions - Page dedicated to the debate in which the crypto-Nazi statement was made by Gore Vidal.
- Soundtrack of the debate (MP3)
