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Italian Neofascism: The Strategy of Tension and the Politics of Nonreconciliation
Anna Cento Bull
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Description for Italian Neofascism: The Strategy of Tension and the Politics of Nonreconciliation
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 166 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
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- ... Read more
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- ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857451743
SKU
V9780857451743
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About Anna Cento Bull
Anna Cento Bull is Professor of Italian History and Politics at the University of Bath. Her publications include Social Identities and Political Cultures in Italy (Oxford: Berghahn, 2000); The Lega Nord and The Northern Question in Italian Politics (London: Palgrave, 2001) (with M. Gilbert) and Speaking Out and Silencing: Culture, Society and Politics in Italy in the 1970s. (Legenda: Oxford, ... Read more
Reviews for Italian Neofascism: The Strategy of Tension and the Politics of Nonreconciliation
Anna Cento Bull's scrupulously researched book casts a revealing laser beam of scholarly light (especially for monolingual Anglophone scholars concerned with modern extremism or Italian politics) on a permutation of right-wing extremism intent on remaining much more faithful to the original revolutionary matrix.
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