Filippo Tommaso Marinetti The Artist and His Politics [Hardcover]

Scholars of Futurism, Fascism, twentieth-century Italian history and culture, and political theory will find this book interesting and thought-provoking. Drawing from a number of published and unpublished sources, Ialongo manages to give a limpid and unapologetic analysis of Marinettis political activity and of his links to Fascism, at times also exploring its darker and less comfortable sides. The constant dialogue between radicalism and nationalism is not just the underlying concept of the book, but the key that allows the author to shed light on Marinettis political experience from a new perspective.Scholars of cultural studies, Italian studies, Futurism, and political theory will find this book and Ialongos methodology both illuminating and refreshing. The strength of this study is in its careful detailing of Marinettis role in the political realm.... Through his discussions of Marinettis writings, propagandist speeches, wartime efforts, and international travels, Ialongo offers a new perspective on how Marinetti continued to support the Future of Italy above all else.Ernest Ialongos monograph on F.T. Marinetti addresses a fundamental question: how did the creator of a transformative art movement in the early twentieth-century become a leading figure in the Italian Fascist Regime, whose commitment was such that he remained loyal to the fascist cause until his death?? In a carefully orchestrated argument, Ialongo masterfully addresses this question by considering the full complexity of Marinettis ideological formation.Ernest Ialongo gives us, for the first time, a comprehensive and unapologetic analysis of F. T. Marinettis politics.?Challenging the tendency to unnaturally separate art and politics, Ialongo deftly?and with great complexity presents Marinettis and the Futurist movement he led's thirty-five-year struggle to combine radicalism, bellicose and elitist nationalism, and defense of individual liberties. At a time when the art of Futurism finds a lC\