Overview
- 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
Part of the book series: Italian and Italian American Studies (IIAS)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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1973–1995: Memory, Martyrdom and the MSI
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1995–2013: After the Svolta di Fiuggi
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2018–2023: From CasaPound to Fratelli d’Italia
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About this book
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, The Politics of Sacrifice 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.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Politics of Sacrifice
Book Subtitle: Remembering Italy's Rogo di Primavalle
Authors: Amy King
Series Title: Italian and Italian American Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45550-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-45549-0Published: 14 February 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-45552-0Due: 16 March 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-45550-6Published: 13 February 2024
Series ISSN: 2635-2931
Series E-ISSN: 2635-294X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 255
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Italy, Oral History, Memory Studies