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OverviewOn the Edge of Democracy examines the emergence of democracy in Italy in the wake of World War Two. It examines the nature of the democracy forged in the liminal period after Benito Mussolini, the Duce of Fascism, was removed from government in the summer of 1943. Instead of pouring through institutional accounts, which root the origins of democracy in the establishment of parties and in electoral outcomes, Forlenza focuses on the lived experiences of ordinary people and elites in extraordinary times. Meanings of democracy are not variations of a universal model but emerge as contingent interpretative acts and a symbolization following political and existential crisis under condition of violence and war. On the Edge of Democracy captures a series of key events which saw people torn between going home or staying at the front, between clinging to a disrespected but habitual monarchy or engaging with a republican experiment. Becoming a democracy was also a kind of politically spiritual act: the power of the myth of America and the struggle for order as a function of the cosmic fight between communism and ant-communism in the incipient Cold War had a formative power on the origins, meanings, and characters of post-fascist democracy in Italy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rosario Forlenza (Fellow, Fellow, Remarque Institute, New York University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.612kg ISBN: 9780198817444ISBN 10: 0198817444 Pages: 292 Publication Date: 13 February 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: The Liminal Origins of Italian Democracy 2: Monarchy or Republic? 3: America is Coming! America is Coming! 4: Between East and West: Communism, Anti-Communism and the Cold War 5: The Power of Memory 6: Meanings of Democracy Conclusion BibliographyReviews... an accomplished and sure-footed synthesis of a complicated and ambiguous period that highlights the making of meaning, the agency of the subjects, and the tremendous creative energy devoted in a time of crisis that could produce a democratic republic in Italy fundamentally ex novo. * Molly Tambor, Journal of Modern History * Author InformationRosario Forlenza is a Fellow at the Remarque Institute, New York University. He is a historian of modern Europe with expertise in political anthropology, symbolic and cultural politics, politics and religion, democracy, authoritarianism and revolution, nationalism, and the politics of memory. He has worked at the University of Cambridge, Princeton University, Columbia University, and the University of Padova. He has published a number of journal articles in history and social science journals. He also co-authored a book, Italian Modernities: Competing Narratives of Nationhood (2016). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |