The thesis of these French fascist authors, in particular Deat, stressing the totalitarian character of Rousseau’s political philosophy and of the regime of the Jacobins inspired by this philosophy has been elaborated by J.D. Talmon in The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy. Admittedly Talmon had mainly communism in mind but the parallels with National-Socialism are well established (and memorably illustrated in V. Grossman’s Life and Fate).
The thesis of these French fascist authors, in particular Deat, stressing the totalitarian character of Rousseau’s political philosophy and of the regime of the Jacobins inspired by this philosophy has been elaborated by J.D. Talmon in The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy. Admittedly Talmon had mainly communism in mind but the parallels with National-Socialism are well established (and memorably illustrated in V. Grossman’s Life and Fate).