The Italian New Right by Franco Sacchi.
The Italian New Right (INR) is a metapolitical movement representing one of the most interesting developments in Italy today. Even though its origins trace back to the political milieu of the Italian radical Right and the MSI (Movimento Sociale Italiano — the official Italian neofascist party), at least two important elements sharply set it apart from its original context. The first is its approach to modernity. While the far Right tends to reject modernity as a whole (as a process of degradation characterized by loss of political unity, secularization and nihilism), the INR denounces its contradictions from a critical and constructive perspective. In this sense INR is more detached, in sharp contrast with 18th century conservative philosophers. Read more…