Terrorism Italian Style

Author : Ruth S. Glynn,Giancarlo Lombardi,Alan O'Leary
Publisher : Igrs, University of London
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0854572287

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Terrorism, Italian Style by Ruth S. Glynn,Giancarlo Lombardi,Alan O'Leary Pdf

The legacy of Italy's experience of political violence and terrorism in the anni di piombo ('years of lead', c. 1969-83) continues to exercise the Italian imagination to an extraordinary degree. Cinema has played a particularly prominent role in articulating the ongoing impact of the anni di piombo and in defining the ways in which Italians remember and work through the atrocities and traumas of those years. Terrorism, Italian Style brings together some of the most important scholars contributing to the study of cinematic representations of the anni di piombo. Drawing on a comparative approach and a broad range of critical perspectives (including genre theory, family and gender issues, trauma theory and ethics), the book addresses an extensive range of films produced between the 1970s and the present and articulates their significance and relevance to contemporary Italian society and culture. Ruth Glynn is Senior Lecturer in Italian at the University of Bristol.Giancarlo Lombardi is Professor of Italian Literature at the City University of New York. Alan O'Leary is Senior Lecturer in Italian at the University of Leeds.

Author : Pierpaolo Antonello
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781351563178

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Imagining Terrorism by Pierpaolo Antonello Pdf

No other European country experienced the disruption of political and everyday life suffered by Italy in the so-called 'years of lead' (1969-c.1983), when there were more than 12,000 incidents of terrorist violence. This experience affected all aspects of Italian cultural life, shaping political, judicial and everyday language as well as artistic representation of every kind. In this innovative and broad-ranging study, experts from the fields of philosophy, history, media, law, cinema, theatre and literary studies trace how the experience and legacies of terrorism have determined the form and content of Italian cultural production and shaped the country's way of thinking about such events?

Author : R. Glynn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137341990

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Women, Terrorism, and Trauma in Italian Culture by R. Glynn Pdf

Addressing cultural representations of women's participation in the political violence and terrorism of the Italian anni di piombo ('years of lead', c. 1969-83), this book conceptualizes Italy's experience of political violence during those years as a form of cultural and collective trauma.

Author : Leonard Weinberg,William L Eubank
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000305210

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The Rise And Fall Of Italian Terrorism by Leonard Weinberg,William L Eubank Pdf

Italian democracy may not be as fragile as many of its observers feared or imagined. It has lasted more than twice as long as the Fascist dictatorship that preceded it. Since the end of the Second World War, Italy's citizens and their political leaders have had to overcome massive problems of both state and society that their counterparts in more tranquil parts of Europe have not encountered. The particular problem to which this book is devoted is that of political terrorism. This book deals with a large-scale and protracted outbreak of domestic terrorism. It is concerned with terrorist violence in Italy committed by Italians against other Italians, the purpose of which was to influence the course of that country's political life.

Author : Joseph LaPalombara
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300044119

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Democracy, Italian Style by Joseph LaPalombara Pdf

Analyzes Italian politics, argues that crises that threaten to destroy the government actually make democracy there stronger, and discusses the Italian political parties

Author : Anna Cento Bull,Philip Cooke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135040796

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Ending Terrorism in Italy by Anna Cento Bull,Philip Cooke Pdf

Ending Terrorism in Italy analyses processes of disengagement from terrorism, as well as the connected issues of reconciliation, truth and justice. It examines in a critical and original way how terrorism came to an end in Italy (Part I), and the legacy it has left behind (Part II). The book interrogates a wide array of published memoirs and a considerable number of new face-to-face interviews with both former terrorists and first and second generation victims In the last two decades, and especially in recent years, former extreme-right terrorists in Italy have started to talk about their past involvement in terrorist violence, including, for the first time, acts of violence which have for decades been considered taboo, that is to say, bomb attacks against innocent civilians. These narratives add to the perspectives offered by members of left-wing terrorist groups, such as the Red Brigades and Prima Linea. Surprisingly, these narratives have not been systematically examined, yet they form a unique and extremely rich source of first-hand testimony, providing invaluable insights into processes of youth radicalization and de-radicalization, the social re-integration of ex-terrorists, as well as personal and collective healing. Even less attention has been paid to the victims’ narratives or stories. Indeed, the views and activities of the victims and their associations have been seriously neglected in the scholarly literature on terrorism, not just in Italy, but elsewhere in Europe. The book therefore examines the perspectives of the victims and relatives of victims of terrorism, who over the years have formed dedicated associations and campaigned relentlessly to obtain justice through the courts, with little or no support from the state and, especially in the case of the bombing massacres, with increasing awareness that the state played a role in thwarting the course of justice. Ending Terrorism in Italy will be of interest to historians, social scientists and policy makers as well as students of political violence and post-conflict resolution. .

Author : Robert C Meade
Publisher : Springer
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1989-12-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349203048

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Red Brigades by Robert C Meade Pdf

Looks at the history and motivation of the Red Brigades, recounts the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro, and assesses Italy's anti-terrorist efforts.

Author : R. Glynn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137341990

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Women, Terrorism, and Trauma in Italian Culture by R. Glynn Pdf

Addressing cultural representations of women's participation in the political violence and terrorism of the Italian anni di piombo ('years of lead', c. 1969-83), this book conceptualizes Italy's experience of political violence during those years as a form of cultural and collective trauma.

Author : David Ward
Publisher : Springer
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783319466484

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Contemporary Italian Narrative and 1970s Terrorism by David Ward Pdf

This book is about literary representations of the both left- and right-wing Italian terrorism of the 1970s by contemporary Italian authors. In offering detailed analyses of the many contemporary novels that have terrorism in either their foreground or background, it offers a “take” on postmodern narrative practices that is alternative to and more positive than the highly critical assessment of Italian postmodernism that has characterized some sectors of current Italian literary criticism. It explores how contemporary Italian writers have developed narrative strategies that enable them to represent the fraught experience of Italian terrorism in the 1970s. In its conclusions, the book suggests that to meet the challenge of representation posed by terrorism fiction rather than fact is the writer’s best friend and most effective tool.

Author : Vittorfranco S. Pisano
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Italy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119514243

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Terrorism and Security by Vittorfranco S. Pisano Pdf

Author : Simon Clark
Publisher : Center for Security Policy Studies
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781732947801

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Terror Vanquished by Simon Clark Pdf

The history of Italy’s victory over the Red Brigades offers lessons that may be useful to America’s future. The United States has suffered from the horrors of home grown and global terrorism but so far has been spared the endemic violence of the kind that plagued Italy during the years of lead that are described in this volume. In 2003, Philip Heymann compared the US favorably to Italy, expressing relief that American society did not suffer from the kind of deep divisions that had created the conditions for the rise of the Red Brigades. Fifteen years later, Heymann’s confidence no longer looks so well founded. The political divisions in the United States have widened and become stubbornly entrenched. The combination of conspiratorial thinking, ideological division and a powerful sense of grievance, combined with the easy access to powerful weapons and a cult of political violence, should worry all those who are sworn to keep the peace.

Author : Richard Drake
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253057143

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The Revolutionary Mystique and Terrorism in Contemporary Italy by Richard Drake Pdf

What drives terrorists to glorify violence? In The Revolutionary Mystique and Terrorism in Contemporary Italy, Richard Drake seeks to explain the origins of Italian terrorism and the role that intellectuals played in valorizing the use of violence for political or social ends. Drake argues that a combination of socioeconomic factors and the influence of intellectual elites led to a sanctioning of violence by revolutionary political groups in Italy between 1969 and 1988. Drake explores what motivated Italian terrorists on both the Left and the Right during some of the most violent decades in modern Italian history and how these terrorists perceived the modern world as something to be destroyed rather than reformed. In 1989, The Revolutionary Mystique and Terrorism in Contemporary Italy received the Howard R. Marraro Prize from the Society for Italian Historical Studies. It was awarded for the best book that year on Italian history. The book is reissued now with a new introduction for the light it might shed on current terrorist challenges. The Italians had success in combating terrorism. We might learn something from their example. The section of the book dealing with the Italian "superfascist" philosopher, Julius Evola, holds special interest today. Drake's original work takes on new significance in the light of Evola's recent surge of popularity for members of America's alt-right movement.

Author : Raimondo Catanzaro
Publisher : Bloomsbury Continuum
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Brigate rosse
ISBN : UOM:39015022030129

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The Red Brigades and Left-wing Terrorism in Italy by Raimondo Catanzaro Pdf

Arguing that only by understanding terrorism can it be eradicated, this offers an in-depth study of terrorism in its particular Italian form with emphasis on the Red Brigades - looking at their organization, ideology and strategy. The contributors have had access to key source material.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:753302037

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Terrorism and Security by Anonim Pdf

Author : Vittorfranco S. Pisano
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Terrorism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119638133

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Terrorism in Italy by Vittorfranco S. Pisano Pdf