DELBELLO-DISSERTATION-2021.pdf (49.55 MB)
Shifting Notions of Life and the Illusion of Choice: Neoliberalism or Neofascism in Italy?
thesis
posted on 2021-08-01, 00:00 authored by Luca DelbelloI argue that contemporary Italy and Europe is in state of “interregnum,” in between two different epochs (an age of industrialization and one of digitalization), and that this “non-event” impacts the ways in which individuals perceive themselves and Otherize. I argue such a period entails a certain “disorientation,” or what Gramsci called “morbid symptoms (Gramsci 2009).” Drawing on a database of certain keywords taken from Italian newspapers over the span of 20 years (2000- 2020), I show how the notion of crisis gets played out by state actors and media corporations as a narrative to “orient” the population.
History
Advisor
Decoteau, Claire LaurierChair
Decoteau, Claire LaurierDepartment
SociologyDegree Grantor
University of Illinois at ChicagoDegree Level
- Doctoral
Degree name
PhD, Doctor of PhilosophyCommittee Member
Clarno, Andy Said, Atef Wagner-Pacifici, Robin de Leon, CedricSubmitted date
August 2021Thesis type
application/pdfLanguage
- en