En 400 fascism

The key distinction between the two texts lies in how this repetition operates. In Remainder, repetition is internal and self-imposedthe narrator deliberately reenacts events in an effort to achieve authenticity, carefully controlling every detail and turning people into objects within his constructed scenarios. However, this internal drive for repetition becomes totalizing, creating a closed system that mirrors authoritarian control. In contrast, the first half of Minor Detail presents repetition as external and system-imposed, where violence unfolds through military routines and bureaucratic procedures that individuals simply carry out. Despite this difference, both forms of repetition ultimately produce the same effect: they limit agency, distort reality, and reproduce structures of control. Together, the novels suggest that whether repetition originates from within the individual or from external systems, it operates in ways that reflect and reinforce the underlying logic of fascist power.