Apartheid, authoritarianism, and anticolonial struggles viewed from the Right: critical perspectives on A. James Gregor’s search for fascism in the Global South

After his commitment to the eventually failed defence of segregation in United States during 1960s, political scientist A. James Gregor (1929-2019) created an extensive oeuvre on history Fascism and its ideology. While personally remaining éminence grise, ideo-centric approach proved influential international academic discussions. He helped foster centred representation ideological aspects at expense critical analysis other historical elements, thus obscuring Fascism’s societal roots. Moreover, Gregor’s definition Fascism, intrinsically linked understanding a developmental dictatorship, blurs line between colonialism anticolonial struggles. In works Global South, written Cold War, does not find regimes akin Mussolini dictatorship among largely pro-Western right-wing authoritarianisms that emerged Tricont, but rather within left-wing national liberation fronts systems they built up. This peculiar verdict is own apologia Italian more recent dictatorships so-called Third World, like, for instance, Apartheid regime, simultaneous denigration struggle as it was pursued i.a. by anti-Apartheid movement. Through critique ideology which delineates analyses argument evolving around these themes, this article contests compass search historical-critical manner offers alternative proposition how identify contemporary role far-right politics world system capitalism.