{"product_id":"the-revolutionary-mystique-and-terrorism-in-contemporary-italy-9780253057136","title":"The Revolutionary Mystique and Terrorism in Contemporary Italy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat drives terrorists to glorify violence? In \u003ci\u003eThe Revolutionary Mystique and Terrorism in Contemporary Italy\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard Drake seeks to explain the origins of Italian terrorism and the role that intellectuals played in valorizing the use of violence for political or social ends. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrake argues that a combination of socioeconomic factors and the influence of intellectual elites led to a sanctioning of violence by revolutionary political groups in Italy between 1969 and 1988. Drake explores what motivated Italian terrorists on both the Left and the Right during some of the most violent decades in modern Italian history and how these terrorists perceived the modern world as something to be destroyed rather than reformed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1989, \u003ci\u003eThe Revolutionary Mystique and Terrorism in Contemporary Italy\u003c\/i\u003e received the Howard R. Marraro Prize from the Society for Italian Historical Studies. It was awarded for the best book that year on Italian history. The book is reissued now with a new introduction for the light it might shed on current terrorist challenges. The Italians had success in combating terrorism. We might learn something from their example. The section of the book dealing with the Italian superfascist philosopher, Julius Evola, holds special interest today. Drake's original work takes on new significance in the light of Evola's recent surge of popularity for members of America's alt-right movement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13756892\"\u003eRichard Drake\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253057136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0253057132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS020000\"\u003eEurope | Italy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL037000\"\u003eTerrorism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Drake is the Lucile Speer Research Professor in Politics and History at the University of Montana. His other book publications are \u003ci\u003eByzantium for Rome: The Politics of Nostalgia in Umbertian Italy, 1878-1900\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Aldo Moro Murder Case\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eApostles and Agitators: Italy's Marxist Revolutionary Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Education of an Anti-Imperialist: Robert La Follette and U.S. Expansion\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCharles Austin Beard: The Return of the Master Historian of American Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42658142585069,"sku":"9780253057136","price":33.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_09e4c3c8-5fbc-4d7b-869c-7b4078d79850.jpg?v=1649320190","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-revolutionary-mystique-and-terrorism-in-contemporary-italy-9780253057136","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}