Fascism emphasizes both palingenesis (national rebirth or re-creation) and modernism. His own Fascist views included palingenesis, anti-Semitism, and opposition to liberalism. Sederholm (1907) called the migmatite-forming process palingenesis. Another Greek term sometimes used synonymously is "palingenesis", "being born again". Moreover, Griffin's work on palingenesis in fascism analysed the pre-war Fin De Siecle Western society. He first developed his palingenesis theory of fascism in his PhD thesis. Another term sometimes used synonymously is palingenesis.