Category Archives: Identity

By Jacob Braun Giorgia Meloni holding up a scarf that reads “We defend God, Homeland and Family,” Massimo Paolone/AP, via the Guardian The election of Giorgia Meloni as Italian Prime Minister reflects a significant change in the landscape of Italian politics. Regionalist squabbles were put down to support a candidate rooted in traditions all ItaliansContinue reading “Giorgia Meloni: Unifying Identities Against One Target [BLOG POST 10]”

By Jacob Braun Entrance of Garibaldi to Naples (1860), Wenzel Franz Jager, via WikiMedia Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported On the surface, Italy and Germany seem like polar opposites of each other. Italy is Catholic, while Germany is Protestant. Italians love to relax, while Germans are typically stereotyped as workaholics. Italian is a Romance language,Continue reading “Italy and Germany- What do they have in common? [BLOG POST 9]”

By Jacob Braun Self portrait of Renaud Camus in 2019, Renaud Camus, via WikiMedia Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic Inspired by British author Enoch Powell and French author Jean Raspail, Renaud Camus brought the concept of western civilization’s downfall to the political limelight. Immigrants were to blame for this event—supposedly supplanting the rightful place of theContinue reading “Fratelli d’Italia and the “Great Replacement” [BLOG POST 8]”

By Jacob Braun Ultras of Lazio in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Andrea Buratti, via WikiMedia Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported It should go without saying that football is really, really big in Italy. When I lived in Florence for a couple months, I even bought a pair of ACF Fiorentina (AKA “Viola” because ofContinue reading “Football and Italian Nationalism [BLOG POST 7]”

By Jacob Braun The “Arrowed Turtle,” the logo for the Italian neofascist CasaPound Party, CasaPound, via WikiMedia Commons The former Italian political party CasaPound is a neo-fascist, identitarian social movement that regularly espouses the ideas of Benito Mussolini and National Socialism. Although the movement may be relegated to the fringe in Italian politics, some ofContinue reading “Normalizing Fascism and How it’s Related to Turtles [BLOG POST 6]”