La Lupa
EditorPaolo Orano
CategoriesPolitical magazine
FrequencyWeekly
FounderPaolo Orano
Founded1910
First issue16 October 1910
Final issue8 October 1911
CountryItaly
Based inFlorence
LanguageItalian

La Lupa (Italian: The she wolf) was a weekly magazine which was published in Florence, Italy, in the period 1910–1911. Although it existed for a short period, it is known to be one of the publications which laid the foundations of the fascist governments in the following years.[1]

History and profile

La Lupa was first published on 16 October 1910.[2] The magazine was founded by Paolo Orano and was published on a weekly basis in Florence until 8 October 1911.[2][3] It was an illustrated magazine with the size of 60x43 cm.[3]

Orano was editor of the magazine.[3][4] La Lupa was an advocate of the nationalism based on energy and will.[5] The weekly supported the war in Libya against the Ottoman Empire considering it as a revolution.[2] The magazine became a platform for both syndicalists supporting Georges Sorel who was among the contributors and anti-parliamentarian nationalists, but provided them with an emerging ideology, namely proletarian nation.[5] It was developed by Enrico Corradini and would be adopted by future Fascist ruler of Italy, Benito Mussolini.[5] Major contributors of La Lupa were nationalist figures, including Enrico Corradini, Arturo Labriola, Massimo Fovel, Paolo Mantica, A. Renda, Emilio Roncati, Gustavo Magni, Rhea Silvia, Michele Giua and Donna Paola.[3][6]

References

  1. ^ Maciej Urbanowski (2011). "Stanisław Brzozowski and fascism". Studies in East European Thought. 63 (4): 307. doi:10.1007/s11212-011-9152-0. S2CID 154920326.
  2. ^ a b c Cristiano Tedeschi (10 October 2016). "Paolo Orano". L'Intellettuale Dissidente (in Italian). Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "La Lupa. Settimanale diretto da Paolo Orano" (in Italian). Fondazione Modigliani. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  4. ^ David D. Roberts (1979). The Syndicalist Tradition and Italian Fascism. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-7190-0761-3.
  5. ^ a b c Mark Antliff (December 2000). "The Fourth Dimension and Futurism: A Politicized Space". The Art Bulletin. 82 (4): 727. doi:10.2307/3051419. JSTOR 3051419.
  6. ^ Peter Davies; Derek Lynch, eds. (2002). The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right. London; New York: Routledge. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-203-99472-6.
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