The 20th Century fear us: The Glorification of Aviation in Italy between the Two World Wars
The 20th Century fear us: The Glorification of Aviation in Italy between the Two World Wars

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the glorification of the aviation in Italy between the two world wars. Under the Fascist regime the aviation was celebrated in different ways - not at least with the arts and in literature. Aviation got a particular spiritual aura, whereas pilot was considered a hero and a sort of a new superman. The aim of the paper is to demonstrate that, regardless the sublimity, aviation was nevertheless a vital tool of power, which ultimately contributes to validate the hypothesis about the destructive nature of technology.

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