J. Salwyn Schapiro

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Jacob Salwyn Schapiro (December 19, 1879 - December 30, 1973) was a Professor Emeritus of History at the City College of New York.

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In his book, Liberalism and the Challenge of Fascism, Schapiro set out to discuss the changes in both England and France. Prof. Schapiro contrasted the smooth evolution of liberalism in England to the violent swings back and forth between reaction and liberal forces in France. This historical violent dialectic in France, in Schapiro's argument, was what created the basic ideas of National Socialism.

Quotes

  • "As nature abhors a vacuum, history abhors changes without origins, whether immediate or remote. Fascism did not spring fully grown from the chin of Mussolini".
    —Liberalism and the Challenge of Fascism, pg 322

Writings of Schapiro

  • Liberalism and the Challenge of Fascism, Social Forces in England and France, (1815-1870), publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., NY, 1949.
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