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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813959403321

Autore

Cento Bull Anna <1951->

Titolo

Italian neofascism : the strategy of tension and the politics of nonreconciliation / / Anna Cento Bull

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghann Books, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

0-85745-042-5

1-84545-335-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

320.5330945

Soggetti

Fascism - Italy

Terrorism - Italy

Italy Politics and government 1976-1994

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Italian Neofascism; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1; Part I: Villains? Judicial Truth; Introduction to Part I; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Conclusion to Part I; Part II: Victims? The Truth According to the Neo- and Postfascist Right; Introduction to Part II; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Conclusion to Part II; Chapter 7; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

During the Cold War Italy witnessed the existence of an anomalous version of a civil conflict, defined as a 'creeping' or a 'low-intensity' civil war. Political violence escalated, including bomb attacks against civilians, starting with a massacre in Milan, on 12 December 1969, and culminating with the massacre in Bologna, on 2 August 1980. Making use of the literature on national reconciliation and narrative psychology theory, this book examines the fight over the 'judicial' and the 'historical' truth in Italy today, through a contrasting analysis of judicial findings and the 'narratives of victimhood' prevalent among representatives of both the post- and the neo-fascist right.