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Italian Fascist authoritarianism, specifically the paradigm of 'corporative Caesarism,' evolved from a combination of late Tainian positivism, wartime hierarchical patriotism, and the hybridization of Giovanni Gentile and Alfredo Rocco's political thought. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To examine the cultural foundations and conceptual genealogy of Caesarism in Italy from late-nineteenth-century positivism to the constitutional reforms of Fascism.

September 8, 2026Modern Intellectual HistoryOpen Access

The Other Side of Caesarism: A Genealogy of Italian Fascist Authoritarianism

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LCLaura CerasiCa' Foscari University of Venice

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Historical analysis uncovers the evolution of Caesarism in Italian political thought, highlighting how positivism and military organicism produced corporative authoritarianism.

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To examine the cultural foundations and conceptual genealogy of Caesarism in Italy from late-nineteenth-century positivism to the constitutional reforms of Fascism.
Genealogical analysis of Italian political discourse tracing late Tainian positivism and organicist nationalism into the post-World War I era.
Conceptual review of wartime antisocialist patriotism and constitutional reform debates, focusing on the political writings of Giovanni Gentile and Alfredo Rocco.
Traced the origin of Italian Caesarism to naturalistic and organicist assumptions within late Tainian positivism that fused with radical wartime patriotism.
Identified how the hybridization of Gentile's leadership principle and Rocco's institutional state theory formed an original model of corporative Caesarism.

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Laura Cerasi (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9fd70a58e84d0ff5b458be https://doi.org/10.1017/s1479244326100754

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Historical analysis uncovers the evolution of Caesarism in Italian political thought, highlighting how positivism and military organicism produced corporative authoritarianism.

The Other Side of Caesarism: A Genealogy of Italian Fascist Authoritarianism

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The Other Side of Caesarism: A Genealogy of Italian Fascist Authoritarianism

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