History touched carelessly: Giuliana Benzoni’s intellectual and political relations between the two World Wars T he figure of Giuliana Benzoni crosses the whole history of the Twrntieth Century in Italy, as a witness of some of its main events. She marks a constant presence in the correspondance between some intellectuals and political actors in the liberal-democratic political area, and, more generally, in the archive documents concerning them. Documents from which it is possible to trace the delicate and often relevant role she played in the process of continuity and transformation of the ruling classes between liberal era, fascism, World War II and the return of democracy
La figura di Giuliana Benzoni attraversa l’intera storia del Novecento italiano, testimone di alcuni tra gli eventi più importanti del secolo. Emerge come, una presenza costante nei carteggi di alcuni intellettuali e politici di spicco di area liberaldemocratica, e in generale nei documenti archivistici che li riguardano, dai quali è possibile ricostruire il ruolo delicato e spesso rilevante da lei svolto nel processo di continuità e trasformazione delle classi dirigenti nel lungo periodo tra l’età liberale, il fascismo, la guerra e la Resistenza, il ritorno della democrazia.
LA STORIA SFIORATA CON DISTRAZIONE: LE RELAZIONI INTELLETTUALI E POLITICHE DI GIULIANA BENZONI TRA LE DUE GUERRE MONDIALI
Pace Rosa
2025-01-01
Abstract
History touched carelessly: Giuliana Benzoni’s intellectual and political relations between the two World Wars T he figure of Giuliana Benzoni crosses the whole history of the Twrntieth Century in Italy, as a witness of some of its main events. She marks a constant presence in the correspondance between some intellectuals and political actors in the liberal-democratic political area, and, more generally, in the archive documents concerning them. Documents from which it is possible to trace the delicate and often relevant role she played in the process of continuity and transformation of the ruling classes between liberal era, fascism, World War II and the return of democracyI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.