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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-100275976920

ISBN-139780275976927

eBay Product ID (ePID)2449719

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Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameStruggle for Modernity : Nationalism, Futurism, and Fascism

Publication Year2003

SubjectWorld / European, World, Europe / General, Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism

TypeTextbook

AuthorEmilio. Gentile

Subject AreaPolitical Science, History

SeriesItalian and Italian American Studies

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight17.5 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2003-042897

Reviews"[T]his is without a doubt one of the best books in English on the relationship between politics and the culture of modernism in Italy. It is to be hoped that it will be read not only by Italianists, but by scholars of modernism tout court, to whom it will offer a nuanced, complex and cliche-free perspective on early twentieth-century Italian culture."- Modern Italy, "[T]his is without a doubt one of the best books in English on the relationship between politics and the culture of modernism in Italy. It is to be hoped that it will be read not only by Italianists, but by scholars of modernism tout court, to whom it will offer a nuanced, complex and cliche-free perspective on early twentieth-century Italian culture." Modern Italy, "[O]ffers a good range of Gentile's insightful analysis of fascism's contentiousl relationship to modernity and demostrates the value of intellectual-cultural history for understanding the fascist phenomenon."- The American Historical Review, "[O]ffers a good range of Gentile's insightful analysis of fascism's contentiousl relationship to modernity and demostrates the value of intellectual-cultural history for understanding the fascist phenomenon." The American Historical Review, "This volume affords its English-language readership an enticing introduction to the highly charged contemporary historiography that surrounds the figure of Benito Mussolini, his regime, and his era....Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above."- Choice, "This volume affords its English-language readership an enticing introduction to the highly charged contemporary historiography that surrounds the figure of Benito Mussolini, his regime, and his era....Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." Choice

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition21

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal945.091

Table Of ContentSeries 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

SynopsisDuring 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.

LC Classification NumberDG568