Catholics and Communists in Twentieth-Century Italy: Between Conflict and Dialogue
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Catholics and Communists in Twentieth-Century Italy explores the critical moments in the relationship between the Catholic world and the Italian left, providing unmatched insight into one of the most significant dynamics in political and religious history in Italy in the last hundred years.
The book covers the Catholic Communist movement in Rome (1937-45), the experience of the Resistenza, the governmental collaboration between the Catholic Party (DC) and the Italian Communist Party (PCI) until 1947, and the dialogue between some of the key figures in both spheres in the tensest years of the Cold War. Daniela Saresella even goes on to consider the legacy that these interactions have left in Italy in the 21st century.
This pioneering study is the first on the subject in the English language and is of vital significance to historians of modern Italy and the Church alike.
An examination of the complex relationship between the Catholic world and left-wing parties and movements in 20th-century Italy.
First book in English to examine the relationship between the Italian left and the Catholic world
Detailed coverage of the entire 20th century, with material also included on the 21st-century legacy of the relationship
Unrivalled archival research and a wealth of secondary sources incorporated
Introduction
1. Christianity and Socialism in Italy: The First Period
2. Catholic Anti-Fascists and their Relationship to the Left-Wing World
3. From Catholic Communists to the New Openness to Centre-Left Governments
4. Changing Times
5. The Long Seventies
6. The Political System Heads towards Crisis
7. On the End of the First and Second Millennium
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Saresella has produced a compelling and enjoyable read based on fascinating as well as comprehensive research. She is clearly in full command of the subject, some feat given the time span. Highly recommended.
This very important book probably provides the best guide for Anglo-Saxon readers to the labyrinthine maze of Italian Catholic politics under the "First Republic", that is until the collapse of both the Christian Democrats and the PCI in the early 1990s. It should be in every college and university library.
Daniela Saresella's Catholics and Communists in Twentieth-Century Italy is a ground-breaking and extremely well-documented book.
Daniela Saresella takes readers on an illuminating journey in the Italian Catholic political world, focusing especially on those many voices that from the late 19th century onward sought a dialogue with Communists and Socialists. Her insightful and broad-ranging book is a precious addition to the scholarship on 20th-century Italy and an indispensable read to comprehend the crucial role played by Catholics in Italian political and social life.
A rich, detailed, and fascinating compendium to one of the most significant threads in modern Italian history: how Catholics and the political Left saw one another, interacted, and on occasion collaborated very productively. This book is an important contribution to a burgeoning transnational conversation that has revealed how the entanglement of religion and political economy helped to shape the 20th century.
- Title: Catholics and Communists in Twentieth-Century Italy: Between Conflict and Dialogue
- Author: Daniela Saresella
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
- Print Publication Date: 2019
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781350061446, 9781350245051, 1350245054, 1350061441
- Resource ID: LLS:9781350061446
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-09T02:15:23Z
Daniela Saresella is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Milan, Italy.