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Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: The Artist and His Politics is a full-length political biography of the leader of the Italian Futurist art movement Filippo Tommaso Marinetti from the foundation of Futurism in 1909 through its end in the Fascist regime in 1944.
List of contents
Introduction
-Historiography of Political Futurism
-Roots of Marinetti's Politics
-An Overview of the Book
Chapter 1: From the Foundation to the Crisis of Caporetto, 1909-1918
-The Foundation and Early Politics
- The Libyan War and the Nationalization of Marinetti's Politics
- Interventionism and War: Nationalist Apotheosis and the Re-emergence of Radicalism in Marinetti's Politics
- The Manifesto of the Futurist Political Party
Chapter 2: Futurist Politics in Action, Summer 1918-May 1920
-Political Futurism Formalized
-Fascism, Disillusionment, and the D'Annunzian Alternative
-The Fall Political Campaign and the Abandonment of Fascism
Chapter 3: The Return to Fascism, 1920-1925
-Marinetti: Isolated
-Marinetti: Dicianovista
Chapter 4: Building the Dictatorship, 1925-1929
-Marinetti and the Dictatorship
-Battling Right-Wing Fascism
-Marinetti Accademico: The Loyal Radical
Chapter 5: Working Towards the Duce, 1929-1937
-Working Towards the Duce: Futurist Initiatives in the Thirties
-The Ethiopian War
Chapter 6: Isolation and Impotence, 1930-1939
-The Perils of Being "Too Fascist"
-The Consequences of "Not Being Fascist Enough"
Chapter 7: Living and Dying with the Regime: Marinetti in World War Two, 1939-1944
-Marinetti in War
-Marinetti at the End: Salò
Conclusion
About the author
Ernest Ialongo is associate professor of history at Hostos Community College, CUNY.
Summary
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: The Artist and His Politics is a full-length political biography of the leader of the Italian Futurist art movement Filippo Tommaso Marinetti from the foundation of Futurism in 1909 through its end in the Fascist regime in 1944.
