Modern Italy: A Very Short Introduction Bull Anna Cento
Modern Italy: A Very Short Introduction Bull Anna Cento The history of modern Italy is characterized by recurrent cultural and political projects of modernity, rejuvenation, and regeneration;…
Specifikacia Modern Italy: A Very Short Introduction Bull Anna Cento
Modern Italy: A Very Short Introduction Bull Anna Cento
The history of modern Italy is characterized by recurrent cultural and political projects of modernity, rejuvenation, and regeneration; projects which often had their roots in a widespread dissatisfaction with social and political reality, and perceived moral corruption. Later forms of nationalism and the rise of fascism in the first two decades of the twentieth century advocated a spiritual revolution and the moulding of new Italians through war and violence. The Risorgimento, the movement leading to Italian Unification in 1861, explicitly linked the quest for national unity to a process of moral regeneration and progress.
In the last 25 years a project of of modernization epitomized by Silvio Berlusconi The tragic outcome of Italian fascism led to the emergence of new visions of progress during the post-war First Republic, in which European integration was embraced with conviction.