TD: Jahrgang 18, Heft 2021, 1, Seite 3–5

TD: Jahrgang 18, Heft 2021, 1, Seite 6–8

TD: Jahrgang 18, Heft 2021, 1, Seite 11–32

Abstract

Es folgt die Zusammenfassung in englischer Sprache following the article short description

The development of anti-Fascism in Italy was a laborious and difficult process: whereas a few had grasped the true nature of Fascism, many others believed Fascism to be a temporary phenomenon or that it might be transferred into the frame of legality or ‘normalised’. What made a large part of Italian intellectuals wait and see? Why did anti-Fascism reach its turning point only as late as 1924–1925?

TD: Jahrgang 17, Heft 2020, 1, Seite 45–66

Abstract

Es folgt die Zusammenfassung in englischer Sprache following the article short description

As a consequence of the parliamentary election of 2018, two political powers have come to dominate in Italy: the Lega, mostly successful in northern Italy, and the Five-Star-Movement, with its stronghold in southern Italy. In analysing the election results, professional observers have come to the conclusion that Italy has become a divided country with a successful right-wing type of populism in the north and a thriving left-wing type of populism in the south. This interpretation leaves several aspects out of the equation however, in particular the programmatic ambivalence of the Five-Star-Movement, the reach of the Lega into southern Italy, and the similarities amongst the broader voting public. Is the common differentiation nevertheless suitable in order to describe the Lega and the Five-Star-Movement and to explain the current political constellation of the country?