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Aline Lion
An Oxford-trained philosopher with a sharp eye for politics and religion, she wrote thoughtful, challenging books that brought big ideas to general readers. Her best-known work traces the intellectual roots of fascism at a time when the movement was still unfolding.
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About the author
Aline Lion was a British philosopher and nonfiction writer active in the early 20th century. The sources found for her identify her as the author of The Pedigree of Fascism (1927), a book published by Sheed & Ward, and The Idealistic Conception of Religion (1932).
The title page of The Pedigree of Fascism describes her as being of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and other academic references list her as holding a D.Phil. from Oxford. Her work moved between political thought, religion, and classical philosophy, including a later study titled Anamnesis and the a priori.
What stands out about her writing is its range: she tackled fascism not as a passing headline but as part of a longer history of Western political ideas, and she approached religion through the lens of idealist philosophy. Reliable biographical detail about her life appears to be limited online, so much of her profile today survives through her books rather than through a fuller public record.