Futurismo e Fascismo

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Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, an Italian writer, founded Futurism, an early 20th-century movement in art, literature, and politics. The movement, officially launched in 1909, celebrated dynamism, speed, and technology, advocating for a break from the past. Marinetti's 1924 work, Futurismo e Fascismo, argued that Fascism was a natural extension of Futurist ideals. While Futurism influenced various art forms, Marinetti's political alignment and the movement's embrace of violence and nationalism led to controversy and a decline in his following.1234

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Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
…of Mussolini, and argued in Futurismo e Fascismo (1924) that Fascism was the natural extension of Futurism. Although his views helped temporarily to ignite Italian patriotism, Marinetti lost most of his following by the second decade of the 20th century.
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…of Mussolini, and argued in Futurismo e Fascismo (1924) that Fascism was the natural extension of Futurism. Although his views helped temporarily to ignite Italian patriotism, Marinetti lost most of his following by the second decade of the 20th century.
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