Włoski faszyzm w myśli politycznej Kazimierza Zakrzewskiego w latach 1922–1939
Italian Fascism in the Political Thought of Kazimierz Zakrzewski in 1922–1939

Summary/Abstract: The author analyzes the attitude of Kazimierz Zakrzewski (1900–1941), a Polish professor at the University of Warsaw, politician of the Union for the Repair of the Republic, and proponent of syndicalism, toward Italian fascism in the 1922–1939 period. Zakrzewski, a Piłsudski affiliate, authored an interesting reading of Benito Mussolini’s political doctrine. His observations on the shifts taking place on the Apennine Peninsula had a significant impact on the shaping of Polish public opinion, especially on the left side of the political spectrum, and its position regarding the genesis of Italian fascism, fascist corporatism, and the economic policy of fascist Italy. As a supporter of the French syndicalist thought of Georges Sorel, Zakrzewski was an avowed enthusiast of these principles. His views represented a Polish version of syndicalism based on voluntary and libertarian unions between employees and employers. Nevertheless, his ideas contradicted those espoused by the architects of Italian fascism, including Alfred Rocco’s adherence to corporatism. Zakrzewski argued that the fascist hue of corporatism was different from how it was posited by interwar syndicalists.

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