Populism in Italy in the 20th Century : From Giovanni Papini to Mussolini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cheok, Adrian David.

Contributor:

Nardelli, Michele.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Populism.

Fascism--Italy.

Fascism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford : Ethics International Press Limited, 2025.

Summary:

Populism in Italy in the 20th Century offers an in-depth analysis of the rise and evolution of populism in Italy during the 20th century, focusing on the pivotal transition from the intellectual currents of early populist thought, exemplified by figures like Giovanni Papini, to the establishment of Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime. It examines how populist rhetoric and ideology evolved in response to societal, political, and economic upheavals, exploring the intellectual and cultural foundations that shaped the populist narrative. By contextualizing these developments within broader European trends, the book highlights Italy's unique trajectory, bridging the domains of political theory, history, and cultural studies. It is essential reading for scholars interested in the intersections of populism, nationalism, and authoritarianism, providing nuanced insights into how early 20th-century populist movements paved the way for the totalitarianism that defined much of the century's political landscape.

Contents:

Intro

Dedications

Introduction - Defining Populism in the Italian Context

Part 1: Understanding Populism as a Political Phenomenon

Part 2: The Origins of Italian Populism

Part 3: The Role of Intellectuals in Shaping Italian Populism

Part 4: Nationalism and the Myth of the Italian People

Part 5: The Crisis of Liberal Democracy and the Appeal of Populism

Part 6: From Populism to Authoritarianism-The Road to Fascism

Giovanni Papini and the Intellectual Foundations of Italian Populism

Part 1: Papini's Early Life and Intellectual Formation

Part 2: The Revolt Against Liberalism and Democracy

Part 3: War, Revolution, and the Call for National Rebirth

Part 4: Papini and Mussolini - The Intellectual Meets the Politician

Part 5: Papini's Religious Turn and Its Political Implications

Part 6: Papini's Final Years Under Fascism and Intellectual Contributions During World War II

Part 7: Papini's Postwar Legacy and the Reckoning with Fascism

Part 8: Papini's Intellectual Legacy in Postwar Conservative and Nationalist Thought

Part 9: Papini's Influence on Modern Italian Populism

Part 10: Papini's Influence on European Populist Thought

Part 11: Papini's Influence on Contemporary Debates About Populism and Intellectual Responsibility

Part 12: Papini's Intellectual Legacy and His Place in Populist and Authoritarian Thought

The Broader Ideological Foundations of Italian Populism

Part 1: Futurism, Syndicalism, and the Revolutionary Roots of Italian Populism

Part 2: Mussolini's Fusion of Populism, Nationalism, and Authoritarianism

Part 3: The Transformation of Italian Populism into a Totalitarian State

Part 4: Imperialism, Expansionism, and the Populist Justification for War

Part 5: Economic Policy, Social Engineering, and the Illusion of Fascist Success.

Part 6: Mussolini's Downfall and the Long-Term Consequences of His Populist Rule

The Young Revolutionary - Mussolini's Early Life and Political Formation

Part 1: Roots of Rebellion - Family, Education, and the Making of a Revolutionary Mind

Part 2: The Socialist Split - War, Nationalism, and Mussolini's Ideological Schism

Part 3: From Disillusionment to Action - The Creation of the Fasci di Combattimento and the Birth of Fascist Populism

Part 4: The March on Rome - Populist Theatre and the Seizure of Power

Part 5: Governing as the Duce - Populist Rhetoric and the Incremental Construction of Dictatorship

Part 6: Forging the Totalitarian State - The Final Transformation of Mussolini's Populism

The Fascist Worldview - Ideology, State, and the Architecture of Belief

Constructing Mussolini - Cult of Personality and the Aesthetics of Power

Part 1: From Man to Myth - The Invention of Il Duce

Part 2: Mussolini and the World - Foreign Fascinations, Admiration, and Alarm

Part 3: Educating the Nation - Youth, Architecture, and the Institutionalization of the Duce

Part 4: Charisma and Control - The Emotional Politics of Il Duce

The Intimacy of Distance: Mussolini and the Individual

Part 5: The Sacred and the Secular - Mussolini, the Church, and the Politics of Religion

Part 6: The Collapse of the Cult - War, Defeat, and the Shattered Image of Il Duce

Mussolini's Media Machine - Journalism, Propaganda, and the Populist Voice

Part 1: The Journalist as Populist - Mussolini's Entry into Public Persuasion

Part 2: MinCulPop and the Machinery of Manipulation - Fascism's Propaganda Empire

Part 3: The Iconography of the Duce - Image, Gesture, and the Myth of Infallibility

Part 4: Emotional Regimes - Loyalty, Love, and the Psychology of Fascist Persuasion.

Part 5: Cracks in the Mirror - War, Contradiction, and the Fraying of Fascist Illusion

Part 6: Collapse and Counter-Spectacle - The Unmaking of Mussolini's Myth

Faith and Fascism - Religion, Myth, and the Political Sacred

Part 1: The Sacralization of Politics - Fascism as a Civic Religion

Part 2: The Lateran Accords - Concordat, Compromise, and the Cult of National Unity

Part 3: Competing for the Soul - Youth, Education, and the Catholic Challenge to Fascist Totality

Part 4: Conscience in Crisis - Antisemitism, the Racial Laws, and Catholic Ambiguity

Part 5: Rupture and Resistance - Clergy, War, and the Collapse of the Fascist Sacred

Part 6: After the Fall - Memory, Reconciliation, and the Sacred in Post-Fascist Italy

Aesthetics of Authority - Architecture, Art, and the Visual Language of Fascism

Part 1: Building Belief - Monumentality and the Politics of Stone

Part 2: A Visual Empire - Art, Design, and the Mass Symbolism of Fascist Culture

Part 3: The Body Politic - Gender, Race, and the Idealized Form in Fascist Aesthetics

Part 4: The Choreography of Power - Ritual, Mass Spectacle, and the Performance of Unity

Part 5: Shadows of Silence - Censorship, Repression, and the Aesthetics of Control

Part 6: Echoes and Afterimages - The Afterlife of Fascist Aesthetics in Democratic Italy

The Myth of Mussolini - Memory, Nostalgia, and Political Reuse

Part 1: Ruins of the Duce - Mussolini's Fall and the Construction of Postwar Memory

Part 2: Screened and Remembered - Mussolini in Popular Culture and Collective Memory

Part 3: From Duce to Discourse - Mussolini's Populism and the Politics of Imitation

Part 4: Sacred Symbols and Civil Religion - Mussolini, Catholicism, and Postwar Mythologies

Part 5: The Battle for the Past - Historical Revisionism, Intellectual Legacies, and the Duce in Academia.

Part 6: The Duce in the Twenty-First Century - Global Memory, Charisma, and the Future of Authoritarian Populism

Fascism Beyond Borders - Mussolini's Influence in Interwar Europe

Part 1: Italy as Model - The International Fascist Imaginary and the Export of Italian Populism

Part 2: From Mentor to Follower - Mussolini and Hitler in the Fascist Mirror

Part 3: Falange and the Cross - Franco's Spain and the Catholic Reinvention of Fascism

Part 4: Bureaucracy and Blood - Fascist Echoes in Portugal's Estado Novo and Romania's Iron Guard

Part 5: Postwar Reverberations - Mussolini's Legacy and the Rebirth of the European Radical Right

Part 6: Global Afterlives - Mussolini's Political Aesthetic in Contemporary Populism

The Afterlife of Fascist Thought - Evola, Esotericism, and Mussolini's Intellectual Legacy

Part 1: The Philosopher of Revolt - Julius Evola and the Metaphysical Recasting of Fascism

Part 2: From Elite Doctrine to Cultural Undercurrent - Fascist Thought in Postwar Art, Music, and Counterculture

Part 3: The Duce on Screen and Page - Mussolini in Postwar Film, Television, and Literature

Part 4: Metapolitical Resurrection - Mussolini's Spirit in 21st-Century Ideological Networks

Part 5: Countercurrents - Artistic, Academic, and Civic Resistance to Fascist Revival in Contemporary Italy

Part 6: The Return of the Repressed - Memory, Myth, and the Philosophical Stakes of Fascist Afterlife

Spectacle and Sovereignty - The Theatre of Leadership from Mussolini to Trump

Part 1: The Leader on Stage - Charisma, Performance, and the Fascist Body

Part 2: Architecture of Belief - Media, Myth, and the Infrastructure of Authority

Part 3: The Crowd as Mirror - Mass Choreography and the Emotional State

Part 4: Enemies of the People - The Construction of the Internal Threat.

Part 5: Sacred Time - Ritual, Calendar, and the Performance of Eternity

Part 6: Sovereign Sound - Voice, Silence, and the Acoustics of Rule

Domesticating the Myth - Mussolini in Everyday Life, Ritual, and the Family

Part 1: The Private Duce - Masculinity, Paternalism, and the Household Ideal

Part 2: Women, Mothers, and the Myth of Reproduction

Part 3: Children of the State - Youth Indoctrination and the Emotional Empire

Part 4: Everyday Rituals - Fascism in Gesture, Object, and Space

Part 5: Consumption and Control - Propaganda, Products, and the Emotional Market

Part 6: The Intimate State - Fear, Surveillance, and the Domestic as Theatre

Making the People - Education, Language, and the Pedagogy of Fascism

Part 1: Schools of Obedience - Education as Instrument of State Formation

Part 2: The War on Language - Repetition, Simplicity, and the Control of Meaning

Part 3: Censorship and Creativity - What Could Not Be Said

Part 4: Women, Family, and the Pedagogy of Gender

Part 5: The Youth as Vanguard - Militarizing Innocence

Part 6: Rituals of the Everyday - Embedding Fascism in Habit and Gesture

Conclusion: Mussolini's Shadow - The Myth That Refused to Die

References

Appendix: Interview with Book Co-Author Michele Nardelli

Author Biographies

Adrian David Cheok

Michele Nardelli.

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ISBN:

1-83711-209-6

OCLC:

1521497718