Open research questions in Italian Fascism and Post-war Society
137 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 3,244 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.
What the literature leaves open
abstract: Despite the growing interest in the economic backgrounds of mps in Western Europe, the evolution of working-class numerical representation before 1945 has not been systematically studied.
The relation between the power theory of Foucault and the sociology of domination in Weber has not been investigated in detail.
Future research could explore the use of other films as case studies for understanding anthropological theory. Future research could analyze the portrayal of anthropology in other films and its implications for the field. Future research could explore the relationship between postmodern anthropology and other disciplines, such as literary studies.
Observing the Observer: Anthropological Theory through the Lens of the Movie Parthenope · 2026 · DOIThe paper identifies a gap in the existing literature on anthropological theory and its relationship to popular culture. The paper highlights the need for further analysis of postmodern anthropology in the context of film studies.
Observing the Observer: Anthropological Theory through the Lens of the Movie Parthenope · 2026 · DOIFuture research should investigate the role of other actors in the development of the Bridge over the Strait of Messina. Future research should analyze the impact of the project on the local economy and society. Future research should consider the application of the method of 'casi estesi' to other grandi opere pubbliche.
The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of the role of different actors in reactivating and opposing the venture of the Bridge over the Strait of Messina. The paper highlights the need for further study on the symbolic, political, and economic reasons behind the project.
Future research could explore the application of Vegliante's poetics to other literary works. It could also analyze the impact of Vegliante's poetics on the literary world. Further research could examine the relationship between poetry and prose in other literary traditions.
The gap is the need for a deeper analysis of Vegliante's works and their impact on the literary world. The lack of understanding of Vegliante's poetics and its significance in the literary world is a significant gap.
The study highlights the lack of knowledge about Campanile's works in Russia. The article explores the influence of Futurist ideas on Campanile's writing style, which is a relatively unexplored area.
The paper suggests that future research should explore the relationship between drawing, architecture, and knowledge in more depth. The author emphasizes the need for a greater understanding of the role of drawing in revealing the essence of a building or space.
The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of the role of drawing in architecture and its relationship to knowledge and understanding. The author highlights the need for a deeper understanding of the significance of drawing in architectural design.
The post-1989 reception of Nina Façon's translations has been limited. There is a lack of studies on the cultural impact of her translations.
Surprisingly, the post-1989 reception of her translations has been limited to the reissue of only two titles: Principele by Machiavelli and Asupra iubirii or Banchetul lui Platon by Marsilio Ficino.
The study identifies a gap in the understanding of contemporary reality. The article concludes that both Vattimo’s critique and Di Cesare’s reflection reveal some of the limits of modern categories for understanding contemporary reality.
The paper suggests that future research could explore the concept of relational narration in a variety of contexts. It highlights the importance of considering the ethical-political implications of narrative in a range of fields.
Credere a Palamede: la responsabilità etico-politica della narrazione relazionale da Cavarero ai femminismi neri nordamericani · 2026 · DOIThe paper identifies a gap in current research on the topic of relational narration and its ethical-political implications. It argues that there is a need to consider the ethical-political implications of narrative in a new light.
Credere a Palamede: la responsabilità etico-politica della narrazione relazionale da Cavarero ai femminismi neri nordamericani · 2026 · DOIFuture research should explore the concept of 'political depression' in more depth. The relationship between politics, culture, and mental health in China should be further studied. The paper highlights the importance of considering the cultural and historical context of mental health in China.
Whether and to what extent it can function, as Kleinman and Kleinman (1995: 148) once hoped neurasthenia might, as a ‘mnemonic device for recapturing the past’, remains to be seen.
Future research could explore the implications of the paper's findings for understanding fascist ideology. It could examine the role of ideology in shaping political systems. The study suggests the need for further critical reinterpretation of historical sources.
Oktawian August i faszystowska romanità z perspektywy prawnoustrojowej refleksji republikańskiej. Część I: Faszyzm i mit cesarstwa · 2026 · DOIThe paper identifies a gap in the understanding of the concept of romanità in fascist ideology. It highlights the need for a critical reinterpretation of ancient sources and Romanist literature.
Oktawian August i faszystowska romanità z perspektywy prawnoustrojowej refleksji republikańskiej. Część I: Faszyzm i mit cesarstwa · 2026 · DOIThe lack of understanding of the cultural foundations of Caesarism. The need to examine the evolution of Caesarism over time. The gap in current research on the relationship between Caesarism and Fascism.
Future research can build on the paper's findings to further explore the sociology of the family in Italy. The paper suggests that future research can examine the impact of digital technologies on family relationships.
The Sociology of the Family in Italy: Its Contribution to Public Debate and Social Policies · 2025 · DOIThe paper identifies a gap in understanding the sociology of the family in Italy. The paper highlights the need to examine the contribution of the sociology of the family to public debate and social policies.
The Sociology of the Family in Italy: Its Contribution to Public Debate and Social Policies · 2025 · DOIIn 2023, thanks to the Rakow Grant, I was able to broaden my scope beyond Murano to glassware producers throughout Italy, which, in the shadow of the fame of Venetian glass, have rarely been studied.
Although she was a successful author and a Nobel Prize winner (1926), she is little known and little studied, especially when compared with the other Nobel laureates, in particular male ones.
Le “pagine sempre mediocri” di un premio Nobel per la letteratura. Excursus nella critica deleddiana del suo tempo · 2024 · DOI
Most-cited papers in Italian Fascism and Post-war Society
- Still the Century of Corporatism? · The Review of Politics · 1974 · 1,113 citations
- ON AFFECTIVE LABOR IN POST-FORDIST ITALY · Cultural Anthropology · 2011 · 249 citations
- Conjectures on World Literature · New left review · 2000 · 216 citations
- Reading the World and Reading the Word: An Interview with Paulo Freire · Language Arts · 1985 · 212 citations
- Precarious Subjects: Anticipating Neoliberalism in Northern Italy's Workplace · American Anthropologist · 2010 · 148 citations
- Gramsci on Civil Society · boundary 2 · 1995 · 132 citations
- Two decades of havoc: A synthesis of criticism against PISA · Journal of Educational Change · 2020 · 128 citations
- Engaging Gramsci: international relations theory and the new Gramscians · Review of International Studies · 1998 · 113 citations
- Democracy and the Lessons of Dictatorship · Comparative Politics · 1992 · 104 citations
- The Italian Psychiatric Reform · International Journal of Law and Psychiatry · 2000 · 96 citations
Most recent work
- Not so banal binationalism: the organisational reproduction of nationalism in a cross-border company · Culture and Organization · 2026
- Metaphors of Origins in Gabriella Ghermandi’s Regina di fiori e di perle and Other Transnational Writing in Italian · Italian Studies · 2026
- Naples and the Nation: Image, Media and Culture in the Second Republic , by Ruth Glynn, Cham, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan, 2025, xiii + 339 pp., £109.99 (hardcover), ISBN 978-3-031-80157-0; £87.50 (ebook), ISBN 978-3-031-80158-7 · Modern Italy · 2026
- Bernardo Bertolucci Sinemasında Gölge ve Işığın Estetiği The Conformist Filminin İncelenmesi · Uluslararası Kültürel ve Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi (UKSAD) · 2026
- ‘The Leeches of the Villages’: The Gazette for Peasants Unirea Poporului and the Greek-Catholic Church’s Role in Promoting Antisemitism in Interwar Romania, 1919–40 · Cultural and Social History · 2026
- Caesar's Guiding Hand: Antiquity and Control in Fascist Italy · Open MIND · 2026
- Women journalists, writers and translators in southern Italy from the early twentieth century to the second post-war period · Quaderns. Revista de traducció · 2026
- The Cosmopolitan Nation in Antonio Gramsci’s Prison Notebooks: Italian Diaspora and National Consciousness · Italian Culture · 2026
- Photographs and Family Narratives in Marilena Umuhoza Delli’s Negretta. Baci razzisti and Pizza Mussolini · Italian Culture · 2026
- In memory of Lucia Bellucci · SOCIOLOGIA DEL DIRITTO · 2026
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