MUSSOLINI'S SPEECHES AND WRITINGS

Benito Mussolini was many things: the militant, the new man, the dictator. No longer a functionary, but a radical opponent of the past; the face and voice of violent transformation.
Why reread his political writings and speeches? In Italy, a cultural and political code exists that resurfaces every time democracy enters crisis. This code expresses a "national virtue" and an "authentic Italianness" that evoke the totalitarian mentality of the fascist regime, with its values ​​and language. The anthology edited by David Bidussa explores fascism not only as the history of a political regime, but even more so as a culture, because the regime's experience has not yet been meaningfully confronted in our country. "The continuity of the state," writes Bidussa, "has not only meant the permanence of its apparatus, but also of economic, social, and cultural figures." Consequently, the goal of this new reconstruction is to delve into the politics of the Duce. Using a method that reveals previously unexplored angles, crucial events are compared to the words and images present in Mussolini's communications, revealing the essence of the public reasoning of the man who governed Italy for twenty years and radically changed it. What remains of fascism in Republican Italy? To what extent do our ideas of the common good, borders, or national identity correspond to that project? And how much weight do the innovations of the fascist welfare state have on our system?
Mussolini was a child of his century and the architect of his own era. To a large extent, ours as well. This is why we need to reread his writings and speeches: to understand the origins of today's Italy and to come to terms with the past, which is not closed, not sterile, and, above all, not definitively behind us.

The twenty-year Fascist period marked the political and cultural development of an ideology of Italianness and nationhood that resonates with our country's contemporary vocabulary. Rereading Benito Mussolini means exploring how today's Italy was built.

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