This paper intends to offer an overview of the historiography on “local fascisms”, exploring the reasons that led to its emergence, between the Seventies and Nineties of the Twentieth century, and its subsequent developments. At the same time, the main issues that, in the last forty years, have presided over the investigative work on the link between fascism and the South will be examined. Local fascisms in the Mezzogiorno were questioned through the theme of continuity and ruptures between the liberal and fascist ruling classes and that of the internal balances within the “agrarian bloc”, whose interpretation was based on the categories of “modernization” and “corporatism”. The article closes by illustrating issues and problems posed by the case of the advent of fascism in the Terra d’Otranto and in the province of Lecce.
Il contributo intende offrire una ricognizione attorno alla storiografia sui “fascismi locali”, esplorandone le ragioni che ne hanno determinato l’emergere, tra anni Settanta e Novanta del Novecento, e i suoi successivi sviluppi. Al contempo, saranno prese in esame le principali questioni che, negli ultimi quarant’anni, hanno presieduto il lavoro di indagine attorno al nesso tra fascismo e Mezzogiorno, interrogato attraverso il tema della continuità e delle rotture tra le classi dirigenti liberali e quelle fasciste e quello degli equilibri interni al “blocco agrario”, la cui interpretazione si è basata sulle categorie di “modernizzazione” e “corporativismo”. L’articolo si chiude illustrando temi e problemi posti dal caso dell’avvento del fascismo in Terra d’Otranto e in provincia di Lecce.
Fascismo e Mezzogiorno: gli studi sulla Terra d'Otranto
Antonio Bonatesta
2022-01-01
Abstract
This paper intends to offer an overview of the historiography on “local fascisms”, exploring the reasons that led to its emergence, between the Seventies and Nineties of the Twentieth century, and its subsequent developments. At the same time, the main issues that, in the last forty years, have presided over the investigative work on the link between fascism and the South will be examined. Local fascisms in the Mezzogiorno were questioned through the theme of continuity and ruptures between the liberal and fascist ruling classes and that of the internal balances within the “agrarian bloc”, whose interpretation was based on the categories of “modernization” and “corporatism”. The article closes by illustrating issues and problems posed by the case of the advent of fascism in the Terra d’Otranto and in the province of Lecce.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.