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Faith and Fascism

Catholic Intellectuals in Italy, 1925–43

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Authors:
  1. Jorge Dagnino

    1. Institute of History, University of the Andes, Santiago, Chile

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  • Offers an in-depth study of the FUCI and its significance to Catholic intellectual ideas
  • Contributes to the historiography of Italy and of Catholic politics in twentieth-century Europe
  • Explores how Catholicism has played a role in European attitudes towards modernisation and modernity, and its relationship with secular powers

Part of the book series: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700–2000 (HISASE)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Jorge Dagnino
    Pages 1-12

  4. The FUCI 1933–39

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. A Path to Modernity: The Fuci in the 1930s

      • Jorge Dagnino
      Pages 65-86

    3. The Crisis of Civilisation and the Sacralisation of Politics in 1930s Europe

      • Jorge Dagnino
      Pages 87-117

    4. FUCI Ideas in the 1930s: The Search for a New Spiritual Order

      • Jorge Dagnino
      Pages 119-140

    5. Building the New Order, 1933–39

      • Jorge Dagnino
      Pages 141-180

  5. The FUCI 1939–43

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
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    2. Catholic Students at War: The FUCI 1940–43

      • Jorge Dagnino
      Pages 183-207

    3. The FUCI 1943–45: The Path to Post-Fascism

      • Jorge Dagnino
      Pages 209-223

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 225-254
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About this book

This is a study of the Federazione Universitaria Cattolica Italiana (FUCI) between 1925 and 1943, the organisation of Catholic Action for the university sector. The FUCI is highly significant to the study of Catholic politics and intellectual ideas, as a large proportion of the future Christian Democrats who ruled the country after World War II were formed within the ranks of the federation. In broader terms, this is a contribution to the historiography of Fascist Italy and of Catholic politics and mentalities in Europe in the mid- twentieth century. It sets out to prove the fundamental ideological, political, social and cultural influences of Catholicism on the making of modern Italy and how it was inextricably linked to more secular forces in the shaping of the nation and the challenges faced by an emerging mass society. Furthermore, the book explores the influence exercised by Catholicism on European attitudes towards modernisation and modernity, and how Catholicism has often led the way in the search for a religious alternative modernity that could countervail the perceived deleterious effects of the Western liberal version of modernity.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of History, University of the Andes, Santiago, Chile

    Jorge Dagnino

About the author

Jorge Dagnino is Assistant Professor of Modern European History at the Universidad de los Andes, Chile, and holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford, UK. He is co-editor of the forthcoming edited collection, The New Man in Radical Right Ideology and Practice, 1919-45.

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