Modern ItalyPub Date : 2026-10-08DOI: 10.1017/mit.2026.10165
Fabio Ferrarini
{"title":"The “other Sixty-Eight”. Historical and cultural roots of far-right music in Italy (1968-1977)","authors":"Fabio Ferrarini","doi":"10.1017/mit.2026.10165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/mit.2026.10165","url":null,"abstract":"The article aims to explore the origins of far-right music in Italy and its contribution to the formation of a new and corresponding youth movement, which constitutes a phenomenon at least partly independent of the historical and political legacy of the Fascist regime. This study is conducted by analysing three key elements that contributed to the creation of a different background, more suited to the context of the 1960s and 1970s. The first concerns the development of far-right alternative music as a counter-movement to both the conservative and progressive cultures within the 1968 student revolution; the second focuses on the cultural appropriation of Tolkien’s works and, more generally, of the epic and fantasy genre by the Italian far right; and the third considers the increased radicalisation of far-right alternative music during the Years of Lead. This phase paved the way for the development of an international network of genres and artists that now play a crucial role in the persistence and strengthening of far-right music, particularly among younger audiences.","PeriodicalId":18688,"journal":{"name":"Modern Italy","volume":"6 1","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149151768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Modern ItalyPub Date : 2026-10-08DOI: 10.1017/mit.2026.10162
Andrea Martini
{"title":"Dal neofascismo alla destra nazionale. Il Movimento sociale italiano a Perugia (1947–1976)\u0000 by Luca La Rovere, Rome, Viella, 2026, 308 pp., €28 (paperback), ISBN 9791254697627","authors":"Andrea Martini","doi":"10.1017/mit.2026.10162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/mit.2026.10162","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18688,"journal":{"name":"Modern Italy","volume":"15 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149151630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}