The Third Rome, 1922-43

What kind of city was the Fascist 'third Rome'? Imagined and real, rooted in the past and announcing a new, 'revolutionary' future, Fascist Rome was imagined both as the ideal city and as the sacred centre of a universal political religion. Kallis explores this through a journey across the sites, monuments, and buildings of the fascist capital.

Autorentext
Aristotle Kallis is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Lancaster University, UK. His research focuses on the study of European fascism/the extreme right, interwar modernism, and mass violence. His principal publications include Genocide and Fascism (2009), Nazi Propaganda in the Second World War (2005), and The Fascism Reader (2003).

Klappentext

What kind of city was the Fascist 'third Rome'? Imagined and real, rooted in the past and announcing a new, 'revolutionary' future, Fascist Rome was imagined both as the ideal city and as the sacred centre of a universal political religion. Kallis explores this through a journey across the sites, monuments, and buildings of the fascist capital.

Inhalt
Introduction 1. The Fascist Conquest of Rome 2. Fascism and the City: Architecture and Urban Eutopia 3. Fascism and Romanita: Framing the Ancient Imperial City 4. Fascism and the 'City of the Popes' 5. The Fascist Layer (I): The Quest for 'Signature' Buildings 6. The Fascist Layer (II): Building for Grandeur and Necessity 7. Fascism in Mostra: Exhibitions as Heterotopias 8. Rome and the Dream of Fascist Universalism Conclusion