The course aims to analyze the main political, cultural, social and economic issues of the history of contemporary Italy, with special attention to the 20th century history. Furthermore, the course aims to examine the origin, the emergence and the spread of the idea of Italian nation, from the Risorgimento to the Republican years.
teacher profile teaching materials
Italy as a historiographical question; the roots of Italian nation’s myth
Week2
The Risorgimento’s national myth; the liberal nation; Italian politics between two centuries; teaching the nation: the liberal politics
Week3
Intellectual avant-gardes and modernist nationalism; Giolitti’s Italy
Week4
The Great War; the failure of the liberal State and the rise of fascism
Week5
Fascist Italy; the fascist myth of the nation
Week6
The second world war: death, revival and the fragmentation of the nation
Week7
The Constitution; De Gasperi’s politics
Week8
Economic miracle, center-left governments and the politics in the 60s
Week9
The Republican nation: political parties’ nation; from 1968 to the years of lead (first part)
Week10
From 1968 to the years of lead (second part); towards the end of century: a long crisis
Week11
The debate on the nation between two centuries
The course will take place with lectures and projections
2) E. Gentile, Italiani senza padri, Intervista sul Risorgimento, a cura di S. Fiori, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2011
3) One book from the following list:
– E. Gentile, Il culto del littorio. La sacralizzazione della politica nell’Italia fascista, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 1998
– A. Tarquini, Storia della cultura fascista, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2011
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Programme
Week1Italy as a historiographical question; the roots of Italian nation’s myth
Week2
The Risorgimento’s national myth; the liberal nation; Italian politics between two centuries; teaching the nation: the liberal politics
Week3
Intellectual avant-gardes and modernist nationalism; Giolitti’s Italy
Week4
The Great War; the failure of the liberal State and the rise of fascism
Week5
Fascist Italy; the fascist myth of the nation
Week6
The second world war: death, revival and the fragmentation of the nation
Week7
The Constitution; De Gasperi’s politics
Week8
Economic miracle, center-left governments and the politics in the 60s
Week9
The Republican nation: political parties’ nation; from 1968 to the years of lead (first part)
Week10
From 1968 to the years of lead (second part); towards the end of century: a long crisis
Week11
The debate on the nation between two centuries
The course will take place with lectures and projections
Core Documentation
1) Simona Colarizi, Storia del Novecento italiano, BUR Rizzoli, Milano, 20002) E. Gentile, Italiani senza padri, Intervista sul Risorgimento, a cura di S. Fiori, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2011
3) One book from the following list:
– E. Gentile, Il culto del littorio. La sacralizzazione della politica nell’Italia fascista, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 1998
– A. Tarquini, Storia della cultura fascista, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2011
Type of delivery of the course
Frontal teachingAttendance
Classroom attendance is highly recommendedType of evaluation
Oral examination. Three or four questions in order to verify the student knowledge. During the COVID-19 emergency, the examination will be carried out according to the art.1 of the D.R. 703, May 5, 2020.