Emilio Gentile

The Struggle for Modernity (eBook, PDF)

Nationalism, Futurism, and Fascism

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Produktbeschreibung

During the 20th century, Italy experienced some regrettable political developments. It was the first European nation after World War I in which a mass militia-party of revolutionary nationalism achieved power and abolished parliamentary democracy with the goal of building a totalitarian state. It was also the first in Europe to institutionalize the sacralization of politics and to celebrate officially the cult of the leader as a demi-God. These achievements were not accidents. Since the beginning of the 20th century, Italian nationalist movements, from the national radicalism of La Voce to futurist nationalism and fascism, fostered one of the strongest waves of European right-wing radicalism.

The confrontation between nationalism and modernity is one of the main keys to understanding to the permutations of Italian radical nationalism from modernist avant-gardes up to the fascist regime. This book analyzes the ideological undercurrents and cultural myths that unite all these movements. Looking at Italian nationalism from its risorgimento roots to the neo-fascist heritage, Gentile considers the relationship between myth and organization in the making of the fascist state, the role of the party, the liturgy of mass politics in Italy, the fascist organizations abroad, and the attitude of fascist culture toward the United States.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313072116
• Artikelnr.: 72334708

Autorenporträt

Emilio Gentile teaches Modern History at the University of Rome La Sapienza, and is a historian of international reputation. He is the author of twenty books, and his major works and articles have been translated into English, French, and Spanish. He is the author of Politics as Religion, The Sacralization of Politics in Fascist Italy, and The Struggle for Modernity Nationalism, Futurism, and Fascism. He is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Rome and has been a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2003, he was awarded the prestigious Hans Sigrist Prize by the University of Bern, Switzerland, for his studies on the sacralization of politics.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Editor Foreword Foreword Introduction: Italian Nationalism and
Modernity Modernist Nationalism The "New Man" and the "New State": The
Sacralization of Politics and Myth of National Regeneration The Struggle
for Modernity: Echoes of the Dreyfus Affair in Italian Political Culture,
1898-1912 Conflicting Modernisms: La Voce Against Futurism The Conquest of
Modernity: From Modernist Nationalism to Fascism Fascist to Totalitarianism
Fascism and the Italian Road to Totalitarianism Myth and Organization: The
Rationale of Fascist Mass Politics The Great Pedagogue: The Role of the
Fascist Party in the Totalitarian Experiment The Italian Fasces Abroad: The
"Foreign Policy" of the Fascist Party Mussolini's Charisma The Theatre of
Politics in Fascist Italy Impending Modernity: Fascism and the Ambivalent
Image of the United States Conclusion: The End of a Myth