Fascism as a style of life: Community life and violence in a neofascist movement in Italy

@article{Cammelli2017FascismAA,
  title={Fascism as a style of life: Community life and violence in a neofascist movement in Italy},
  author={Maddalena Gretel Cammelli},
  journal={Focaal},
  year={2017},
  volume={2017},
  pages={89-101}
}
: In the European context, where the rise of right-wing movements and parties indicates the emergence of an integral Europe, Italy represents a country where the fascist past grants these political formations signifi cant identitarian security. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted with a contemporary neofascist movement called CasaPound active in Italy, this article proposes to take seriously the activists’ defi nition of themselves as “third-millennium fascists.” Th is article examines… 
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