HIS109Y1 Lecture : Facism / Europe between the Wars
Document Summary
rise of fascism as a political ideology, where it was created in i taly as a response to things that were occurring in italy. Italian tradition of government corruption & inefficiency worsened: memories of being oppressed for over 300 years couldn"t be rooted out in southern. I taly (paying taxes meant you were supporting those who were oppressing you) Italia i r redenta italians controlled by foreign powers (the austrians), italy wanted to bring them into the brotherhood. & i taly: nationalism was the antithesis to democracy, disciples of corradini founded the italian nationalist party. Italian nationalists were doing what the government in rome could not do delivered self-confidence, property, economy equal that to other western. European nations: polarization between the left & right (nationalists given control of the agenda, would liberate i talians still under the control of the austrians, this was fuelled by hatred of the austrians)
