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Italian ModernitiesFrictions of Modernity: World War II as Historical Juncture

Italian Modernities: Frictions of Modernity: World War II as Historical Juncture [In the first half of the twentieth century, Liberalism, Catholicism, Socialism–Communism, and Fascism had developed as different articulations of a shared attempt to outline a particular Italian road to modernity. In so doing, these major-isms and ideological–social forces had laid the ground for wildly different narratives about the ‘soul’ of the nation, about the country’s virtues to safeguard and vices to overcome. As we have outlined in the preceding chapters, these discursive formations had confronted each other in the interwar period. However, the crucial battle between them happened during WWII, which ended in the collapse of Fascism and the triumph of the anti-Fascist front, which included—and this is crucial to stress—Catholics, conservatives, liberals, and communists.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Italian ModernitiesFrictions of Modernity: World War II as Historical Juncture

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
ISBN
978-1-137-50155-4
Pages
149 –177
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-49212-8_6
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[In the first half of the twentieth century, Liberalism, Catholicism, Socialism–Communism, and Fascism had developed as different articulations of a shared attempt to outline a particular Italian road to modernity. In so doing, these major-isms and ideological–social forces had laid the ground for wildly different narratives about the ‘soul’ of the nation, about the country’s virtues to safeguard and vices to overcome. As we have outlined in the preceding chapters, these discursive formations had confronted each other in the interwar period. However, the crucial battle between them happened during WWII, which ended in the collapse of Fascism and the triumph of the anti-Fascist front, which included—and this is crucial to stress—Catholics, conservatives, liberals, and communists.]

Published: Oct 1, 2016

Keywords: Political Community; Political Authority; Political Legitimacy; Fascist Regime; Existential Crisis

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