The Istituto LUCE and engineering of consent: visual and rhetorical strategies of fascist propaganda (1924-1943)
Brillante, Elio Eduardo (A.A. 2024/2025) The Istituto LUCE and engineering of consent: visual and rhetorical strategies of fascist propaganda (1924-1943). Tesi di Laurea in Comparative history of political systems, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Rosario Forlenza, pp. 90. [Master's Degree Thesis]
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A conceptual and comparative framework: political religion and “sacralisation of politics”. Emilio Gentile’s theory of the sacralisation of politics. Media, ritual and the manufacture of mythic authority in modern political systems. Comparative positioning: fascist Italy within interwar regimes. Istituto LUCE as state media infrastructure in the 1920s–30s. Institutional origins, mandates and integration into the fascist state. The newsreel as a political technology: production, distribution and audiences. Genres and recurrent themes in LUCE output. Mechanisms of sacralization in LUCE’s visual language. Ritualization of power: staging, choreography and collective participation. Iconography of the Duce: charisma, body politics and providential leadership. Mythic time and national destiny: empire, sacrifice and redemption narratives. Comparative implications and limits: effectiveness, reception and legacy. Comparative case discussion: LUCE alongside other propaganda systems. Reception and social penetration: persuasion, compliance and ambiguity. Afterlives: memory, archive and the durability of fascist political myth.
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Bibliografia: pp. 89-90.
| Thesis Type: | Master's Degree Thesis |
|---|---|
| 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: | Forlenza, Rosario |
| Thesis Co-Supervisor: | Zaccaria, Benedetto |
| Academic Year: | 2024/2025 |
| Session: | Extraordinary |
| Deposited by: | Alessandro Perfetti |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jun 2026 12:35 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jun 2026 12:35 |
| URI: | https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/46212 |
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