Fascism and sacredness: Notes on the concept of “religion politics”

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20983/noesis.2015.14.4
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Fascism political religion religiosity religion sacrality

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Franco Savarino Roggero
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http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7643-2553

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This paper examines the relevance and usefulness of the concept “political religion”, especially applied to the study of fascist totalitarian regimes and movements. Examining the history and evolution of the concept in the academy, it discusses its current use by researchers specialized in the field, and offers some reflections on the presence of religious elements in fascist regimes, the Italian particularly, and the relation between the totalitarian fascist project and the Catholic Church.

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Savarino Roggero, F. (2021). Fascism and sacredness: Notes on the concept of “religion politics”. Noesis. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 24(47-3), 111–138. https://doi.org/10.20983/noesis.2015.14.4
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