Giuseppe Mazzini and the Origins of Fascism

Zusatztext Informationen zum Autor Simon Levis Sullam is an Associate Professor of Modern History at Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy. He has been an Andrew W. Mellon Postodctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, USA; a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute, Italy; and a Leverhulme Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK. Klappentext This controversial and groundbreaking study proposes a compelling reinterpretation of the political thought of one Italy's founding fathers, Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872), and in the process suggests a new approach to understanding the origins of fascist ideology. Zusammenfassung This controversial and groundbreaking study proposes a compelling reinterpretation of the political thought of one Italy's founding fathers! Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872)! and in the process suggests a new approach to understanding the origins of fascist ideology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Appropriation of Mazzini and the Crisis of Italian Democracy 1. Giuseppe Mazzini and the Religion of the Nation 2. From Poetry to Prose 3. Mazzini in the New Century 4. The Nation's Duties between War and Postwar 5. Fascism, Anti-Fascism, and the Religion of the Nation Conclusion: A Religion of the Nation without a Civil Religion Afterword: Mazzini, the Risorgimento, and the Origins of Fascism

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• Authors: Simon Levis Sullam
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781137514585
• ISBN: 978-1-137-51458-5
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Italian and Italian American Studies; Italian and Italian American S; Italian and Italian American S; Italian and Italian American Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; B, History, History: specific events & topics, European History, Social History, Social & cultural history, Political History, Literature: history & criticism, World Politics, History, Modern, Modern History, Palgrave Political Science Collection, European Literature, History of Italy, Italy—History, Europe—History