Name: The Struggle for Modernity: Nationalism, Futurism, and Fascism (Italian and Italian American Studies)
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Author: Emilio Gentile
ISBN: 9780275976927

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The Struggle for Modernity: Nationalism, Futurism, and Fascism (Italian and Italian American Studies)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Emilio Gentile

Publisher

Praeger

Year

2003

Language

English

Pages

224

Format

Hardcover

Weight

ISBN

0275976920

ISBN13

9780275976927

Synopsis "The Struggle for Modernity: Nationalism, Futurism, and Fascism (Italian and Italian American Studies) "

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.

Emilio Gentile

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Emilio Gentile es un historiador italiano, considerado una de las principales autoridades en el estudio del fascismo, los totalitarismos y la religión política en la Europa contemporánea. Profesor emérito de la Universidad La Sapienza de Roma, ha dedicado gran parte de su carrera a investigar el origen, desarrollo e impacto del fascismo italiano desde una perspectiva histórica y comparada. Sus trabajos han influido de manera decisiva en el debate académico internacional sobre los movimientos políticos del siglo XX y la construcción de los regímenes autoritarios.

Entre sus obras más influyentes figuran El culto del Littorio. La sacralización de la política en la Italia fascista, Fascismo. Historia e interpretación, ¿Quién es fascista? y La vía italiana al totalitarismo. Su producción se distingue por el riguroso análisis de fuentes históricas y por ofrecer una comprensión profunda de los mecanismos ideológicos, simbólicos y culturales que sustentaron el fascismo y otras formas de poder político moderno.

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