Zizek, among others, uses Walter Benjamin's statement that "Behind every fascism, there is a failed revolution." I am looking for the original source. Does anyone know where Benjamin is making this statement? In German it would be: „Hinter jedem Faschismus steht eine gescheiterte Revolution“. but my search in open access works of Walter Benjamin didn't result in anything. One source claims it is from Benjamin’s ‘The concept of history’, but in the English translation there’s no such quote.
Dear Jeroen,
According to me, it is a "sentence" that is directly from "theories of german fascism (about the collective book "Wars and warriors" edited by Ernst Jünger). I do not know the original article and edition of this article but I already read the french translation " Théories du fascisme allemand (à propos du collectif Guerre et Guerriers édité par Ernst Jünger)" article from Walter Benjamin, published in1991 into the review " Lignes" n°13 (1991/1). I send you the french translation into a file below, with all the references.
Hope it can be useful,
Christophe Gibout
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