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The period of the 19th - 20th century produced rapid changes in culture, technology, and political thought. From the aristocratic radicalism of D'Annunzio and Nietzsche, though to Marx, and the extreme individualism of Stirner, the time was ripe for revolution. It is against this background that Aristokratia IV is set. Gabriele D'Annunzio: Nietzsche, Politics, and the Ubermensch in Italy Gabriele D'Annunzio is one of history's most fascinating characters. The majority of his writing is no longer available in English, but his influence over modern political history is without parallel. D'Annunzio was influenced by the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche and captured Fiume with the aid of the Arditi, who were referred to as D'Annunzio's 'dark seraphim of the apocalypse'. Nietzsche: The Physician of Culture During March 1873, Friedrich Nietzsche wrote a letter to Erwin Rohde, telling Rhode that he was thinking of naming a book The Philosopher as the Physician of Culture. In regard to this statement, there can be little doubt that Nietzsche believed his work would heal some of the ailments afflicting Western culture. Psycho-history, Physiology, & Social Revolt Does psycho-history define political ideologies, and to what extent? Psycho-history is a relatively new scientific synthesis, largely developed from the works of Lloyd deMause. Shuster wrote of the psycho-historical significance of ailments, commentating that Karl Marx's theories of alienation developed during the writing of Kapital, when he was suffering hidradenitis suppurativa. Max Stirner: The Consummate Individualist The Individual and his Property is the most important work by this incendiary German thinker and it unjustly fell into oblivion for a while. With this work Stirner threw down the gauntlet to the entire public; the churches, parties, governments, social revolutionaries, and "idealists." Ontological Historicism We think of history as a timeline, as a series of events extending a few thousand years