The "generation of 1914" and the memory of Risorgimento. The case of Gualtiero Castellini
Journal title MEMORIA E RICERCA
Author/s Elena Papadia
Publishing Year 2010 Issue 2010/33 Language Italian
Pages 19 P. 115-133 File size 322 KB
DOI 10.3280/MER2010-033008
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This essay deals with the italian "generation of 1914": a composite movement which - actually during the spring of 1915 - joined in order to riot over the neutrality of Italy in the First World War. The intellectual biography of Gualtiero Castellini, a young leader of the Italian Nationalist Association (ANI), shows how deeply connected could be the demo- cratic idea of the First World War as the "last Risorgimento’s war", and the imperialistic conception of confl ict. Through a close reading of Castellini’s writings before and during the war - in which he took part as a volunteer - it is possible to understand how strong was the memory of Risorgimento on the eve of the war, and how problematic could be in some cases the distinction between the "traditional" patriotism and the conception of nation professed by the new nationalist movements.
Keywords: Gualtiero Castellini, Irredentismo, Nationalism, Risorgimento, Youth, War
Elena Papadia, La generazione interventista e la memoria del Risorgimento. Il caso di Gualtiero Castellini in "MEMORIA E RICERCA " 33/2010, pp 115-133, DOI: 10.3280/MER2010-033008