| Description |
vi, 370 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Toronto Italian studies
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| Contents |
An indirect Italian angle on a few big historical questions -- Franchini's disillusionment : rereading the Intervista su Croce from abroad -- The revolt against Croce in post-Second World War Italian culture -- Croce in America : influence, misunderstanding, and neglect (with a supplement on the fortunes of Giovanni Gentile in the United States and Canada) -- Historicism, liberalism, fascism : rethinking the Croce-Gentile schism -- Maggi's Croce, Sasso's Gentile, and the riddles of twentieth-century Italian intellectual history -- How not to think about fascism and ideology, intellectual antecedents and historical meaning -- Croce, Crocean historicism, and contemporary history after fascism -- Crocean historicism and post-totalitarian thought -- What is living and what is dead? Ginzburg's microhistory, Croce's historicism, and the search for a postmodern historiography -- The stakes of misreading : Hayden White, Carlo Ginzberg, and the Crocean legacy -- Postmodernism and history : an unfinished agenda. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Fascism -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
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Italy -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Croce, Benedetto, 1866-1952.
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Gentile, Giovanni, 1875-1944.
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Historicism.
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Italy -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
0802094945 (pbk.) |
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9780802094940 (pbk.) |
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9780802093080 (bound) |
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0802093086 (bound) |
| Standard No. |
NLC 20079014895 |
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NZ1 11586520 |
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AU@ 000042578641 |
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