Beschreibung:
This is a study of the Federazione Universitaria Cattolica Italiana (FUCI) between 1925 and 1943, the organisation of Catholic Action for the university sector. The FUCI is highly significant to the study of Catholic politics and intellectual ideas, as a large proportion of the future Christian Democrats who ruled the country after World War II were formed within the ranks of the federation.
1. Introduction.- Part I.- 2. The FUCI and the Conquest of the Modern World: 1925-33.- 3. The Architecture of the City of God: Politics and Society during the Montini-Righetti Era.- 4. The FUCI and Fascism, 1925-33.- Part II.- 5. A Path to Modernity: The FUCI in the 1930s.- 6. The Crisis of Civilisation and the Sacralisation of Politics in 1930s Europe.- 7. The FUCI Ideas in the 1930s: the Search for a New Spiritual Order.- 8. Building the New Order, 1933-39.- Part III.- 9. Catholic Students at War: the FUCI 1940-43.- 10. Epilogue.- Bibliography.