The prophet and the dictator Oswald Spengler, Benito Mussolini and the intellectual justifications for authoritarian power
Atticciati, Matteo (A.A. 2023/2024) The prophet and the dictator Oswald Spengler, Benito Mussolini and the intellectual justifications for authoritarian power. Tesi di Laurea in Comparative history of political systems, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Giovanni Orsina, pp. 79. [Master's Degree Thesis]
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Zeitgeist. A world in turmoil. The collapse of beliefs. Ideological responses to the crisis. The prophet. A brief account of the life and intellectual journey of Oswald Spengler. The decline of the west. Man and technics and the hour of decision. A focus: Caesarism, ruralism and the attack on the idea of progress. Reception. The prophet and the dictator. Spengler in Italy. Spengler and fascism. Spenglerian themes in Mussolini’s speeches and writings. A reflection on the relationship between narratives of decline and power.
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Bibliografia: pp. 76-79.
Thesis Type: | Master's Degree Thesis |
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Institution: | Luiss Guido Carli |
Degree Program: | Master's Degree Programs > Master's Degree Program in International Relations (LM-52) |
Chair: | Comparative history of political systems |
Thesis Supervisor: | Orsina, Giovanni |
Thesis Co-Supervisor: | Varsori, Antonio |
Academic Year: | 2023/2024 |
Session: | Extraordinary |
Deposited by: | Alessandro Perfetti |
Date Deposited: | 08 Jul 2025 07:54 |
Last Modified: | 08 Jul 2025 07:54 |
URI: | https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/42780 |
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