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Italian Fascism didn't just borrow racial ideology — it built a unique nationalist identity around it, revealing how race theory becomes a tool of state power.
Social Identity TheoryIdeological State ApparatusScientific RacismNationalism
Theory Briefing
- Racial Theories in Fascist Italy explores how Mussolini's regime weaponized race science to forge a cohesive Italian national identity.
- The book reveals that Italian racial ideology was not simply imported from Nazi Germany but developed its own distinct theoretical roots.
- This work shows how pseudoscientific race theory became institutionalized state doctrine, illustrating the link between ideology and authoritarian legitimacy.