Futurism’s celebration of speed and destruction aligned with fascism
Evidence
The Italian futurists were so fascinated by speed and power that they embraced creative destruction and violent militarism to the point where Mussolini could become their hero, De Chirico lost interest in modernist experimentation after World War I and sought a commercialized art with roots in classical beauty mingled t po,:erful horses and narcissistic pictures of himself dressed up III hIstĸnĒ costumes (all of which were to earn him the approval of MussolIm), PO,und t? — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 251
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Italian futurism shifted from popular anticultural revolt to fascist nationalism during the war — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1984; Bureaucratic chaos and anti-Western irrationalism emotionally prepared Europe for totalitarianism — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 626; Elite avant-garde rejection of liberal hypocrisy enabled attraction to totalitarian movements
Broader Connections
- Italian futurism shifted from popular anticultural revolt to fascist nationalism during the war
#expands(0.90) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1984 - Elite avant-garde rejection of liberal hypocrisy enabled attraction to totalitarian movements
#expands(0.80) - Bureaucratic chaos and anti-Western irrationalism emotionally prepared Europe for totalitarianism
#complicates(0.75) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 626