umberto eco, the most famous italian cultural critic of the post-war period, analyzed everything writtenpundits on this topic , he published his final sss in 1995, where he identified the key features of fascism. there were 14 of them. firstly, a return to the tradition of the past, secondly, the denial of logic, thirdly, the cult of action for the sake of action, fourthly, rejection of criticism. fifthly. rejection of other cultures, races, nations, sixthly, reliance on the middle class, seventhly, pride in the fact that a person is part of a special group, eighthly, the obligatory presence of an enemy, and a weak and strong one at the same time. ninth, life, struggle, pacifism, evil, in tenths, elitism, in elevenths, the cult of the heroism of death, in twelfths, the cult can. thirteenth, the people, a monolithic unit, a leader, a spokesman for the interests of the people. fourteenth, the creation of new terminology. it is easy to notice that the main features of fascism in umberto eco’s version are surprisingly similar to the popular theses at the beginning. published his famous manif