Excavating modernity : the Roman past in fascist Italy / Joshua Arthurs.

Main entry:

Arthurs, Joshua, 1975- author.

Title & Author:

Excavating modernity : the Roman past in fascist Italy / Joshua Arthurs.

Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.
©2012

Description:

xiii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Third Rome and its discontents, 1848-1922 -- Science and faith : the Istituto di studi romani, 1922-1929 -- History and hygiene in Mussolini's Rome, 1925-1938 -- The totalitarian museum : the Mostra augustea della romanità, 1937-1938 -- Empire, race, and the decline of romanità, 1936-1945.

Summary:

Italian Fascism's appropriation of the Roman past--the idea of Rome, or romanità-- encapsulated the Fascist virtues of discipline, hierarchy, and order; the Fascist "new man" was modeled on the Roman legionary, the epitome of the virile citizen-soldier. This vision of modernity also transcended Italy's borders, with the Roman Empire providing a foundation for Fascism's own vision of Mediterranean domination and a European New Order. At the same time, romanità also served as a vocabulary of anxiety about modernity. Fears of population decline, racial degeneration and revolution were mapped onto the barbarian invasions and the fall of Rome. Offering a critical assessment of romanità and its effects, Arthurs explores the ways in which academics, officials, and ideologues approached Rome not as a site of distant glories but as a blueprint for contemporary life, a source of dynamic values to shape the present and future. --Publisher description.

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

9780801449987 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0801449987 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Archaeology and state Italy History 20th century.
Fascism and culture Italy History 20th century.
Museum exhibits Political aspects Italy History 20th century.
Archéologie Politique gouvernementale Italie Histoire 20e siècle.
Fascisme et culture Italie Histoire 20e siècle.
Objets exposés Aspect politique Italie Histoire 20e siècle.
Archaeology and state.
Civilization Roman influences.
Fascism and culture.
Historiography.
Museum exhibits Political aspects.
Faschismus
Rezeption
Arkeologi historia.
Arkeologi politiska aspekter historia.
Fascism.
Romerska influenser politiska aspekter.
Italy Civilization Roman influences.
Italy Historiography 20th century.
Italien.
Italie Civilisation Influence romaine.
Italy.
Römisches Reich

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 283486
Call No.: BIB 221770
Status: Available

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