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The Politics of Sacrifice

Remembering Italy's Rogo di Primavalle
Italian and Italian American Studies

von: Amy King
106,99 €
Verlag:	Palgrave Macmillan
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	13.02.2024
ISBN/EAN:	9783031455506
Sprache:	englisch

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Titelbeschreibung

<p>This book offers an original and comprehensive study of the memory of the Rogo di Primavalle, a fatal arson attack on the home of a far-right family on 16 April 1973. Perpetrated by members of the militant left group Potere Operaio, this was the first attack on a domestic space during Italy’s Years of Lead. Through analysis of media coverage, books, and social media; observation of commemoration ceremonies; visits to sites of memory; and oral history interviews conducted by the author, <i>The Politics of Sacrifice </i>argues that memory of the Rogo di Primavalle has been instrumentalised by neo-fascist groups over the past 50 years. Drawing on contemporary theoretical debates relating to public and private memories, King connects the construction of a narrative of sacrifice to challenges faced by the institutional far right from the time of the Movimento Sociale Italiano in the 1970s, Alleanza Nazionale in the mid-1990s, and Fratelli d’Italia today. With the far right on the rise in Italy and abroad, the book identifies the characteristics of remembering that define far-right memory culture and investigates the role of memory in building support for the far right over time.</p><div><br></div>

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Mediated Memories and Contested Narratives.-  3. Political Martyrdom and Counter-Memory.- Part 2.- 1995-2012: After the Svolta di Fiuggi.- 4. Honouring a Lost Heritage.- 5. Pacification of Memory after Lollo’s Confession.- Part 3. From Fratelli d’Italia to CasaPound.- 6. Historicising Far-Right Sacrifice in the Populist Era.- 7. Afterword: The Legacy of Divided Memory.<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>

Autorenportrait

<b>Amy King</b> is Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Bristol, UK.

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<div><p>This book offers an original and comprehensive study of the memory of the Rogo di Primavalle, a fatal arson attack on the home of a far-right family on 16 April 1973. Perpetrated by members of the militant left group Potere Operaio, this was the first attack on a domestic space during Italy’s Years of Lead. Through analysis of media coverage, books, and social media; observation of commemoration ceremonies; visits to sites of memory; and oral history interviews conducted by the author, <i>The Politics of Sacrifice </i>argues that memory of the Rogo di Primavalle has been instrumentalised by neo-fascist groups over the past 50 years. Drawing on contemporary theoretical debates relating to public and private memories, King connects the construction of a narrative of sacrifice to challenges faced by the institutional far right from the time of the Movimento Sociale Italiano in the 1970s, Alleanza Nazionalein the mid-1990s, and Fratelli d’Italia today. With the far right on the rise in Italy and abroad, the book identifies the characteristics of remembering that define far-right memory culture and investigates the role of memory in building support for the far right over time.</p><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><b>Amy King</b> is Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Bristol, UK.<br></div>

Sonderbeitrag

With a Foreword from Professor Alessandro Portelli The first comprehensive study of the memory of the Rogo di Primavalle and its relationship to far-right identity Considers the role of neo-fascist memory culture in building identity and the recent resurgence of the far right Draws on the tools and perspectives of disciplines including History, Sociology and Political Science