Fascism's Urban Epicenter : Remaking Rome in the Era of Charismatic Politics /

Fascism's Urban Epicenter : Remaking Rome in the Era of Charismatic Politics /

This book re-imagines the heart of Rome, animating it with the mass rituals of Mussolini's pioneering regime of twentieth-century totalitarianism. It retrieves from a post-war amnesia the ceremonial events, urban sites, and historic monuments of the Duce's charismatic rulership, demonstrat...

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Main Author: Scott, John Beldon (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Series: Brill Studies in Architectural and Urban History ; 5.
Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books online, Collection 2026

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Architecture.
Art History.
Church History.
History.

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Call Number: N5305

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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Figures
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Architecture and Urbanism of Illiberal Modernity
  •  1 Totalitarian Manqué
  •  2 Engaged Scholarship
  • 1 Charisma
  •  1 Palazzo Chigi
  •  2 Weber's Concept
  •  3 Fascist Disciple
  •  4 Collective Psychology
  • 2 Palazzo and Piazza
  •  1  Condottiero in His Fortress
  •  2 New Vatican: Constructing Palazzo Venezia
  •  3 Façade and Balcony
  •  4 Urban Setting: Unloved Vittoriano Redeemed
  •  5 Palazzo Venezia Challenges
  •  6 Heterogeneous Ensemble
  •  7 Beyond the Piazza: Urban Nodal Point
  • 3 Papal Palace into Duce's Palace
  •   Plan and Function
  •  1 Restoration and Romanità
  •  2 Sala del Mappamondo
  •  3 Europa
  •  4 Audiences
  •  5 Three Sympathetic Guests
  •  6 "Duce! La fotografia!"
  •  7 A Duce's Life: 1929-43
  • 4 Fascist Forum
  •   Oval in the Piazza
  •  1 View from the Balcony
  •  2 Foro Italico / Foro dell'Impero Fascista
  •  3 Competing Axes
  •  4 Urban Oblivion
  •  5 Urban Aviator
  •  6 Vatican Envy
  • 5 Three Balconies
  •  1 Duce and King
  •  2 Duce, Pope, and Faithful Flocks
  •  3  Arengario
  •  4 Papal Challenge: Jubilees, Exhibitions, Pyrotechnics
  •  5  Romanità 's Christianity: Mostra Augustea
  •  6 Via della Conciliazione: Unintended Consequences
  •  7  Urbi et Orbi
  •  8 Palazzo Generali
  • 6 Romanità 's Modernity
  •   Technology and Media
  •  1 Heldentenor Amplified
  •  2 Epicenter
  •  3 Journalistic World View
  •  4 Media Celebrity
  • 7 Forging Consensus
  •   Speeches, Salutations, Acclamations
  •  1 Genres of Balcony Appearances
  •  2 Data Sets and Regime Initiatives
  •  3 Public Rallies ( Adunate Generali )
  •  4 Routinization
  •  5 Call and Response
  • 8 View from the Piazza
  •  1 Cockpit Frenzy
  •  2 Eyewitness
  •  3 Agency of the Piazza
  •  4 Losing Control
  •  5 Charisma's Twilight
  • Conclusion: Charismatic Urbanism
  • Postscript: Difficult Heritage / Invisible Presence
  • Appendix A - Table: Balcony Appearances at Palazzo Venezia
  • Appendix B - Table: Balcony Appearances at Palazzo Chigi
  • Appendix C - Excursus: Fascism's Brain Chemistry
  • Bibliography
  • Index.