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This is a study of the Federazione Universitaria Cattolica Italiana
(FUCI) between 1925 and 1943, the organisation of Catholic Action
for the university sector. The FUCI is highly significant to the
study of Catholic politics and intellectual ideas, as a large
proportion of the future Christian Democrats who ruled the country
after World War II were formed within the ranks of the federation.
In broader terms, this is a contribution to the historiography of
Fascist Italy and of Catholic politics and mentalities in Europe in
the mid- twentieth century. It sets out to prove the fundamental
ideological, political, social and cultural influences of
Catholicism on the making of modern Italy and how it was
inextricably linked to more secular forces in the shaping of the
nation and the challenges faced by an emerging mass society.
Furthermore, the book explores the influence exercised by
Catholicism on European attitudes towards modernisation and
modernity, and how Catholicism has often led the way in the search
for a religious alternative modernity that could countervail the
perceived deleterious effects of the Western liberal version of
modernity.
Bringing together an expert group of established and emerging
scholars, this book analyses the pervasive myth of the 'new man' in
various fascist movements and far-right regimes between 1919 and
1945. Through a series of ground-breaking case studies focusing on
countries in Europe, but with additional chapters on Argentina,
Brazil and Japan, The "New Man" in Radical Right Ideology and
Practice, 1919-45 argues that what many national forms of far-right
politics understood at the time as a so-called 'anthropological
revolution' is essential to understanding this ideology's
bio-political, often revolutionary dynamics. It explores how these
movements promoted the creation of a new, ideal human, what this
ideal looked like and what this things tell us about fascism's
emergence in the 20th century. The years after World War One saw
the rise of regimes and movements professing totalitarian aims. In
the case of revolutionary, radical-right movements, these
totalising goals extended to changing the very nature of humanity
through modern science, propaganda and conquest. At its most
extreme, one of the key aims of fascism - the most extreme
manifestation of radical right politics between the wars - was to
create a 'new man'. Naturally, this manifested itself in different
ways in varying national contexts and this volume explores these
manifestations in order to better comprehend early 20th-century
fascism both within national boundaries and in a broader,
transnational context.
Bringing together an expert group of established and emerging
scholars, this book analyses the pervasive myth of the 'new man' in
various fascist movements and far-right regimes between 1919 and
1945. Through a series of ground-breaking case studies focusing on
countries in Europe, but with additional chapters on Argentina,
Brazil and Japan, The "New Man" in Radical Right Ideology and
Practice, 1919-45 argues that what many national forms of far-right
politics understood at the time as a so-called 'anthropological
revolution' is essential to understanding this ideology's
bio-political, often revolutionary dynamics. It explores how these
movements promoted the creation of a new, ideal human, what this
ideal looked like and what this things tell us about fascism's
emergence in the 20th century. The years after World War One saw
the rise of regimes and movements professing totalitarian aims. In
the case of revolutionary, radical-right movements, these
totalising goals extended to changing the very nature of humanity
through modern science, propaganda and conquest. At its most
extreme, one of the key aims of fascism - the most extreme
manifestation of radical right politics between the wars - was to
create a 'new man'. Naturally, this manifested itself in different
ways in varying national contexts and this volume explores these
manifestations in order to better comprehend early 20th-century
fascism both within national boundaries and in a broader,
transnational context.
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