Emilio Gentile

Emilio Gentile (born 1946 in Bojano) is an Italian historian specializing in the ideology and culture of fascism. Gentile is considered one of Italy's foremost cultural historians of fascist ideology.[1] He is a student of Renzo De Felice.[2]

Gentile is a professor at the Sapienza University of Rome. He considers fascism as a form of political religion.

Works

References

  1. ^ Cardoza, Anthony L. (December 1994). "Il Culto del Littorio: La Sacralizzazione della Politica nell'Italia Fascista. by Emilio Gentile (book review)". The American Historical Review 99 (5): 1721–1722. JSTOR 2168494. 
  2. ^ James Gregor, A. (October 2001). "Fascismo e antifascismo: I pariti italiani fra le due querre by Emilio Gentile (book review)". The American Historical Review 106 (4): 1496–1497. JSTOR 2693148. 
  3. ^ Di questo autore ha curato la prefazione al libro Di fronte alla storia e i totalitarismi pubblicato da Carocci, Roma 2007.