Dal Lebensraum allo spazio vitale – la ricezione politica del pensiero di Ratzel in Italia, 1900–1943
<p>The debate on the political role of Ratzel's thinking during the first half of the 20th century usually focuses on Nazi Germany and the concept of Lebensraum, but provides little information about its reception in other linguistic contexts. In order to fill this gap, the paper explores...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Copernicus Publications
2022-12-01
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| Series: | Geographica Helvetica |
| Online Access: | https://gh.copernicus.org/articles/77/547/2022/gh-77-547-2022.pdf |
| Summary: | <p>The debate on the political role of Ratzel's thinking during the
first half of the 20th century usually focuses on Nazi Germany and the
concept of Lebensraum, but provides little information about its reception
in other linguistic contexts. In order to fill this gap, the paper explores
the re-elaboration of Ratzel's political geography in Italy from the
beginning of the 20th century to the end of the fascist period, when
the term of “spazio vitale” (living space) became a key element of the
Italian projects for the postwar “new order”. The paper argues that the
Italian understanding of Ratzel oscillated between irredentist and
imperialist interpretations, deeply influenced by the domestic and
international situation. Moreover, it traces how the second interpretation
emerged at the very beginning of the century – long before Rudolf
Kjellén and Karl Haushofer – and gained momentum in the 1930s, as
Italian intellectuals used the concept of living space to promote
expansionism and the trilateral rapprochement with Germany and Japan.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 0016-7312 2194-8798 |