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Italian Modernities
Forlenza, Rosario; Thomassen, Bjorn
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Description for Italian Modernities
Hardback. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBAH; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 529.
This book argues that Italy represents a privileged entry point into the comparative analysis of ideologies and experiences of modernity. The book compares how thinkers and politicians belonging to different ideological clusters - Liberalism, Communism, Fascism, Chistian Democracy - came to formulate multiple and often antagonistic visions of Italy's road to the modern. By revisiting Italian political history from the late nineteenth century until the present with a focus on transition periods, Italian Modernities explores how competing historical narratives influenced shifting understandings of Italian nationhood, thus foregrounding the active role of memory politics in the formulation of multiple modernities.
This book argues that Italy represents a privileged entry point into the comparative analysis of ideologies and experiences of modernity. The book compares how thinkers and politicians belonging to different ideological clusters - Liberalism, Communism, Fascism, Chistian Democracy - came to formulate multiple and often antagonistic visions of Italy's road to the modern. By revisiting Italian political history from the late nineteenth century until the present with a focus on transition periods, Italian Modernities explores how competing historical narratives influenced shifting understandings of Italian nationhood, thus foregrounding the active role of memory politics in the formulation of multiple modernities.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Italian and Italian American Studies
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137501554
SKU
V9781137501554
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99-15
About Forlenza, Rosario; Thomassen, Bjorn
Rosario Forlenza is a Research Fellow at the European Institute, Columbia University, USA and a Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Padova, Italy. He is a historian of modern Europe and twentieth century Italy, whose research is located at the intersection of history, politics and anthropology. He has published two books and several articles in journals such as History ... Read more
Reviews for Italian Modernities
“The authors have taken on a daunting task: they do not confine themselves to a narrow analysis of various ‘narratives of modernity,’ but in effect present these narratives as vehicles for explaining all of modern Italian history. … this book is most useful as an introduction to the intellectual and political history of modern Italy. Forlenza and Thomassen do an ... Read more