Debating the Meaning of Fascism in Contemporary Italy

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ID18967715
AutoresRobert Ventresca (0000-0001-5176-1086), Robert A Ventresca (autor correspondente)
Ano2006
Volume11
Fascículo2
Páginas189-209
Data de publicação2006-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoModern Italy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1353-2944 • E-ISSN: 1469-9877
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/13532940600709288
OpenAlexW2078569620
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas32

This article takes up the question posed by Claudio Pavone—‘Have the Italians truly known how to come to terms with their past?’—and argues that Italians have indeed grappled with their Fascist past, albeit in varied, contradictory, ambiguous and incomplete ways. This article demonstrates the myriad ways in which Italians—historians, politicians, intellectuals, and segments of the general public—have debated the meaning of Fascism since the fall of Mussolini and the end of the Second World War. What follows below argues that selective remembering and wilful forgetting of the Mussolini regime are nevertheless evidence of an ongoing process of confronting the legacy of Italy's recent past

Epistemology · Forgetting · Linguistics · Political science · Sociology · World War II · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Philosophy