Fascist Modernities
Author | : Ruth Ben-Ghiat |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2004-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780520242166 |
ISBN-13 | : 0520242165 |
Rating | : 4/5 (165 Downloads) |
Download or read book Fascist Modernities written by Ruth Ben-Ghiat and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cultural history of Mussolini's dictatorship discusses the meanings of modernity in interwar Italy. The work argues that fascism appealed to many Italian intellectuals as a new model of modernity that would resolve the European crisis as well as long-standing problems of the national past.