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Quotes from Fascinating Fascism — Susan Sontag

1933–2004 United States

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Never before was the relation of masters and slaves so consciously aestheticized.

Fascinating Fascism (1974)

In contrast to the asexual chasteness of official communist art, Nazi art is both prurient and idealizing. A utopian aesthetics (physical perfection; identity as a biological given) implies an ideal eroticism: sexuality converted into the magnetism of leaders and the joy of followers. The fascist ideal is to transform sexual energy into a "spiritual" force, for the benefit of the community.

Fascinating Fascism (1974)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Susan Sontag (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.