Umberto Eco
Does anybody know why Umberto Eco calls “eternal fascism” a “Ur-Fascism”?
Where does the UR come from?
The German prefix Ur- or ur- means original, first or oldest. It has come over to English with the same meaning.
Umberto Eco: The Vertigo of Lists – France
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