Conservative Conversations with ISI
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Conservative Conversations with ISI
Francesco Giubilei on the Election of Giorgia Meloni, Italian Politics, and the Future of European Conservatism
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Intercollegiate Studies Institute
In this episode:
- Francesco Giubilei joins the podcast to discuss the current landscape of Italian politics and how it led to the election of Giorgia Meloni
- the relationship between Italy and the European Union, and the major problems with globalization that have produced a nationalist backlash
- How the Middle Ages shaped the local diversity of Italian cities and cultures, how the Catholic Church has played a defining role in the cultural and religious identity of Italy, and why the Roman Empire is the beginning of Italian conservatism
Texts Mentioned:
- The History of European Conservative Thought by Francesco Giubilei
- Interpretations of Fascism by Renzo de Felice
- “The Perfect Consumer” speech by Giorgia Meloni
- The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi de Lampedusa
- The Crisis of Modernity by Augusto del Noce
- Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke
- The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
- “Why I Became a Conservative” by Sir Roger Scruton
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