#11 | Strong Men: From Mussolini to the Present. An interview with Ruth Ben Ghiat.
Update: 2021-04-28
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Ruth Ben Ghiat, History Professor and political commentator on Strong Men: From Mussolini to the Present that anchors the experience of present-day authoritarianism and neo-fascism in Italian Fascism and looks at the continuities among recent and present authoritarian politicians globally (i.e.; Berlusconi, Trump, Gaddafi, Putin and Bolsonaro).
In this episode, we will cover the following topics:
- (1:00 ) Serena Bassi’s introduction to Ben Ghiat’s book.
- (3:30 ) Ruth Ben Ghiat speaks of her content choices and methodologies.
- (9:15 ) Italian Fascism as a blueprint for all European Fascisms of the XX Century
- (18:00 ) Fascism as an autobiography of the Italian nation/ Trump’s legacy in the context
- (24:00 ) Masculinity Fascism and the Patriarchy
- (39:00 ) Various Questions: Film and Fascism, Trasformismo, Transnational Italian Studies, Narcissism and the autocrat, Marine Le Pen and Giorgia Meloni: neo-fascism and “feminism”, authoritarianism: victimhood and grievance, machismo and personal politics.
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