Leo Ferrero, The Diary of a Privileged Man under Fascism
Edited and translated by Joseph Kelly
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ISBN: 978-1-839546-08-2 (hardback) ISBN: 978-1-839546-09-9 (paperback) • RRP £14.99, $19.99, €17.99 ISBN: 978-1-839546-10-5 (JSTOR ebook) This is the first English translation of Leo Ferrero’s Diario di un privilegiato sotto il fascismo (1946). Covering the years 1926 and 1927, Leo’s diary details the persecution of his family under the Italian Fascist regime, centring predominantly on his father, the prominent anti-Fascist intellectual Guglielmo Ferrero. As well as an important document for research on the lived experience of Fascist Italy, the Diary is a window into the thought of one of the period’s most brilliant young intellectuals. Both Leo and Guglielmo were prominent figures in the intellectual life of Italy and Europe more widely. The ‘privilege’ in the title evokes the privileges of an intellectual existence (freedom of thought, expression, and movement) – the Diary records the tactics used to repress such privileges. Through encounters with different faces of Fascism (students, Fascist squads, the police, the Fascist bureaucracy), both Leo and Guglielmo display bravery in steadfastly committing to their belief in reason and justice. An introduction provides background information on the Ferrero family, their life and works, and the historical context, including the repressive leggi eccezionali and the regime’s systematic persecution of anti-Fascist intellectuals. This edition is a fascinating resource for scholars of fascism, twentieth-century Europe, and authoritarianism more generally. Joseph Kelly is a third-year DPhil candidate at the University of Oxford, working on the history of radio broadcasting in Fascist Italy. Bibliography entry: Edited, and translated by Joseph Kelly, Leo Ferrero, The Diary of a Privileged Man under Fascism, New Translations, 18 (MHRA, 2027) First footnote reference: 35 Leo Ferrero, The Diary of a Privileged Man under Fascism, edited and translated by Joseph Kelly, New Translations, 18 (MHRA, 2027), p. 21. Subsequent footnote reference: 37 Edited and Kelly, p. 47. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) Bibliography entry: Edited, and translated by Joseph Kelly. 2027. Leo Ferrero, The Diary of a Privileged Man under Fascism, New Translations, 18 (MHRA) Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Edited and Kelly 2027: 21). Example footnote reference: 35 Edited and Kelly 2027: 21. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) Permanent link to this title: www.mhra.org.uk/publications/Leo-Ferrero-Diary-Privileged-Man-under-Fascism www.mhra.org.uk/publications/nt-18 |
Autumn 2027