Civil resistance in Italy: its history to debates

• Main Author: Mario López
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad del Rosario, Bogota 2012-12-01
• Series: Desafíos
• Subjects: resistencia civil; no resistentes; lucha armada; mujeres; noviolencia; pacifismo; resistencia moral; fascismo
• Online Access: https://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/desafios/article/view/2269

The history of civil resistance in Italy is almost unknown beyond its frontiers. The fiftieth anniversary of the Liberation in 1995 was the occasion to learn about a new historiography that emphasized the existence of an unarmed struggle  against the German occupation that gave prominence to women and underlined the importance of fostering social awareness and cohesion to face the barbarity of  war. This historiography made possible relativizing the key role given to armed struggle for the Liberation cause and paved the way for discussing the potential  of an unarmed civil defense.