“You are the hero who will never die…” The Unknown Soldier: politics and memory of the Great War in Italy

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The long anniversary of the Great War - which initiated in 2014 and continued until 2018 - has relaunched the myths created by the liberal regime, amplified by fascism and then preserved in democracy. This article deals with analyzing the construction of the figure of the Unknown Soldier in Italy, f...

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Autor principal: Cardozo, Marina
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Publicado: Investigaciones Socio-Históricas Regionales (ISHIR) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) 2018
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Unknown Soldier
Italy
First World War
memoria
política
Soldado Desconocido
Italia
Primera Guerra Mundial
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spelling I15-R237-article-8122020-12-07T22:20:12Z “You are the hero who will never die…” The Unknown Soldier: politics and memory of the Great War in Italy “Eres el héroe que no morirá jamás…” El Soldado Desconocido: política y memoria de la Gran Guerra en Italia Cardozo, Marina memory politics Unknown Soldier Italy First World War memoria política Soldado Desconocido Italia Primera Guerra Mundial The long anniversary of the Great War - which initiated in 2014 and continued until 2018 - has relaunched the myths created by the liberal regime, amplified by fascism and then preserved in democracy. This article deals with analyzing the construction of the figure of the Unknown Soldier in Italy, from his institution during the liberal regime until the advent of the democratic republic, after the end of fascism. The Unknown Soldier commemorations, organized in several nations participating in the war, consecrated a strategy of sacralization of the war, within the framework of an effective policy of memory redefinition. The Italian case is particularly important, because the ceremonies carry out during 1921 when the coffin of the Unknown Soldier was laid to rest in the Altare della Patria, in the center of Rome, coincided with the founding of the Partito Nazionale Fascista. Then Mussolini will complete the retroactive fascistization process of the war, with a constructing wave of memorials to the fallen and the building of huge ossuaries in the areas that had been scenes of battles. In the passage from dictatorship to democracy, the Unknown Soldier remained a reference element in official rites and in the collective imagination. El largo aniversario de la Gran Guerra -iniciado en 2014 y destinado a continuar hasta 2018- ha relanzado los mitos creados por el régimen liberal, amplificados por el fascismo y conservados luego en democracia. Este artículo se ocupa de analizar la construcción de la figura del Soldado Desconocido en Italia, desde su institución durante el régimen liberal y hasta el advenimiento de la república democrática, luego del fin del fascismo. Las conmemoraciones dedicadas al Soldado Desconocido, organizadas en varias naciones participantes de la guerra, consagraron una estrategia de sacralización de la guerra, en el marco de una eficaz política de redefinición de la memoria. El caso italiano es particularmente importante, porque las ceremonias que en 1921 llevaron el ataúd del Soldado Desconocido al Altare della Patria, en el centro de Roma, coincidieron con la fundación del Partito Nazionale Fascista. Luego Mussolini completará el proceso de fascistización retroactiva de la guerra, con una ola de monumentos a los caídos y la construcción de enormes osarios en las zonas que habían sido escenario de combates. En el pasaje de la dictadura a la democracia, el Soldado Desconocido permaneció como elemento de referencia en los ritos oficiales y en el imaginario colectivo. Investigaciones Socio-Históricas Regionales (ISHIR) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) 2018-06-07 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf text/html https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/AvancesCesor/article/view/v15n18a05 10.35305/ac.v15i18.812 Avances del Cesor; Vol. 15 No. 18 (2018): Junio; 83-107 Avances del Cesor; Vol. 15 Núm. 18 (2018): Junio; 83-107 2422-6580 1514-3899 spa https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/AvancesCesor/article/view/v15n18a05/850 https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/AvancesCesor/article/view/v15n18a05/859
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Soldado Desconocido
Italia
Primera Guerra Mundial
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Cardozo, Marina
“You are the hero who will never die…” The Unknown Soldier: politics and memory of the Great War in Italy
topic_facet memory
politics
Unknown Soldier
Italy
First World War
memoria
política
Soldado Desconocido
Italia
Primera Guerra Mundial
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title “You are the hero who will never die…” The Unknown Soldier: politics and memory of the Great War in Italy
title_short “You are the hero who will never die…” The Unknown Soldier: politics and memory of the Great War in Italy
title_full “You are the hero who will never die…” The Unknown Soldier: politics and memory of the Great War in Italy
title_fullStr “You are the hero who will never die…” The Unknown Soldier: politics and memory of the Great War in Italy
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description The long anniversary of the Great War - which initiated in 2014 and continued until 2018 - has relaunched the myths created by the liberal regime, amplified by fascism and then preserved in democracy. This article deals with analyzing the construction of the figure of the Unknown Soldier in Italy, from his institution during the liberal regime until the advent of the democratic republic, after the end of fascism. The Unknown Soldier commemorations, organized in several nations participating in the war, consecrated a strategy of sacralization of the war, within the framework of an effective policy of memory redefinition. The Italian case is particularly important, because the ceremonies carry out during 1921 when the coffin of the Unknown Soldier was laid to rest in the Altare della Patria, in the center of Rome, coincided with the founding of the Partito Nazionale Fascista. Then Mussolini will complete the retroactive fascistization process of the war, with a constructing wave of memorials to the fallen and the building of huge ossuaries in the areas that had been scenes of battles. In the passage from dictatorship to democracy, the Unknown Soldier remained a reference element in official rites and in the collective imagination.
publisher Investigaciones Socio-Históricas Regionales (ISHIR) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR)
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