racism

To Live with the Monsters

La recensione ricostruisce le linee fondamentali del volume e della ricerca di Gaia Giuliani, evidenziando in modo particolare l'importanza del passato e dell'archivio coloniali nella formazione dell'immaginario sociale contemporaneo, base delle odierne paure verso l'altro e delle politiche securitarie ad esse connesse.

A racist and anti-semitic romanità. The racial laws of 1938 and the Institute of Roman Studies

This article offers a close reading of the initiatives following the racial laws promoted by the Institute of
Roman Studies, an institution operating in synergy with the political culture and imperial ambitions of the fascist regime
by supporting and influencing its rhetoric of romanità and the use of symbols and myths of the “Third Rome”. Refusing
the interpretation of racial laws as a temporary phase of Italian history completely alien to the country’s cultural context,

Razzismo e antisemitismo. Segni della modernità ambivalente

The article analyzes Niccolò Zapponi’s interpretation of the nature, the spread and the
roots of the seduction of racist and anti-Semitic myths in contemporary Europe. The author
underlines how, thanks to the influence of several scholars’ works, Zapponi considered the
myths of the race and the myths and prejudices against the Jews as tools able to clarify
broader tendencies in contemporary age. In his opinion, they revealed the rootedness in modern
culture of a general mentality pervaded by a deep sense of religious and apocalyptical

Effetto Macerata. Dinamiche intermediali e agenda delle Politiche 2018 tra social e legacy media

This study focuses on ‘Macerata’ news-story (a series of events triggered by the shooting of immigrants), which took place a few weeks before the Italian General election, and disrupted and influenced the public agenda. The article examines the agenda building and framing processes, and their connection with the different actors of the public sphere through a cross-media perspective. Outcomes show how these processes are the result of the competition/cooperation dynamics between traditional and social media.

The manifesto of human diversity and unity, eighty years after the Italian racial laws

On July 14 of 1938, ten Italian scientists undersigned the “Manifesto della razza” - an emblematic example of the connections between ideology, race and racism - which paved the way for the laws directed against the rights of people of Jewish origin. Eighty years on, racism continues to poison Italian society. Our country is seeing a surge of intolerance and violence against migrants, while antisemitism is still alive and kicking and anti-Roma and anti-Muslim feelings have become more widespread in our country than in other European countries.

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