TY  - BOOK
AU  - Arthurs,Joshua
TI  - Excavating modernity: the Roman past in fascist Italy 
SN  - 0801468841
AV  - CC101.I8 A78 2012
U1  - 930.1093 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Archaeology and state
KW  - Italy
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Fascism and culture
KW  - Museum exhibits
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Archéologie
KW  - Politique gouvernementale
KW  - Italie
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - Fascisme et culture
KW  - Objets exposés
KW  - Aspect politique
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Ancient
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Archaeology
KW  - fast
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Roman influences
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Faschismus
KW  - gnd
KW  - Rezeption
KW  - Arkeologi
KW  - historia
KW  - sao
KW  - politiska aspekter
KW  - Fascism
KW  - Romerska influenser
KW  - Civilisation
KW  - Influence romaine
KW  - Italien
KW  - Römisches Reich
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - The cultural and material legacies of the Roman Republic and Empire in evidence throughout Rome have made it the "Eternal City." Too often, however, this patrimony has caused Rome to be seen as static and antique, insulated from the transformations of the modern world. In Excavating Modernity, Joshua Arthurs dramatically revises this perception, arguing that as both place and idea, Rome was strongly shaped by a radical vision of modernity imposed by Mussolini's regime between the two world wars. 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
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