Italian neofascism : the strategy of tension and the politics of nonreconciliation / Anna Cento Bull.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cento Bull, Anna, 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fascism--Italy.

Fascism.

Terrorism--Italy.

Terrorism.

Italy--Politics and government--1976-1994.

Italy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford, [England] : Berghann Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the Cold War Italy witnessed the existence of an anomalous version of a civil conflict, defined as a 'creeping' or a 'low-intensity' civil war. Political violence escalated, including bomb attacks against civilians, starting with a massacre in Milan, on 12 December 1969, and culminating with the massacre in Bologna, on 2 August 1980. Making use of the literature on national reconciliation and narrative psychology theory, this book examines the fight over the 'judicial' and the 'historical' truth in Italy today, through a contrasting analysis of judicial findings and the 'narratives of victimhood' prevalent among representatives of both the post- and the neo-fascist right.

Contents:

Italian Neofascism; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1; Part I: Villains? Judicial Truth; Introduction to Part I; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Conclusion to Part I; Part II: Victims? The Truth According to the Neo- and Postfascist Right; Introduction to Part II; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Conclusion to Part II; Chapter 7; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780857450425

0857450425

9781845453350

1845453352

OCLC:

995359366