Debates on abolition and state violence increasingly recognise that coercive political orders rest not only on institutions but on philosophical and quasi‑religious narratives that render authority meaningful and even necessary. Ideas of destiny, historical mission, or communal unity legitimise power by presenting obedience as participation in a larger historical order. The central question for theology and philosophy is thus genealogical: through which conceptual traditions do such narratives arise, and which intellectual resources enable their critique? This paper addresses these questions through the work of Luigi Pareyson (1918-1991), whose thought developed within Fascist Italy's intellectual and political landscape. His philosophy was shaped by academic debates and by his involvement in the antifascist milieu that later converged in the Partito d'Azione, rooted in networks such as Giustizia e Libertà. This movement sought to dismantle the authoritarian constellation sustaining the Fascist regime—monarchy, economic elites, and a centralised state—through political freedom, social transformation, and decentralised autonomy. A decisive dimension of Pareyson's antifascism appears in his later re‑engagement with Heidegger. Pareyson does not attempt to detach Heidegger's philosophy from its entanglement with National Socialism; he acknowledges this involvement and integrates it into his analysis. He shows how Heidegger's language of destiny, decision, or sending carries a quasi‑religious structure capable of sacralising political authority. Pareyson's thought offers significant resources for contemporary debates on violence and political authority. If coercive orders depend not only on institutional force but on narratives that sacralise unity, destiny, or necessity, philosophical and theological critique becomes indispensable.