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The "Theological and the "Political" in Giovanni Gentile and Carl Schmitt: Fascism and Nazism between Secularization and Sacralization Giovanni Gentile and Carl Schmitt mobilized in the 1920s and 30s, within Fascism and Nazism respectively, new political theologies that interpreted and gave shape to major trends in modern European political thought. Both were Catholics and both drew on the work of philosophers of the Restoration, but in different ways; each one also went much further in their philosopical itineraries than their predecessors. In this presentation, Simon Levis-Sullam, Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow and Visiting Lecturer in the UC Berkeley Department of Italian Studies, will discuss how the intellectual and political projects of Gentile and Schmitt gave new life to conservative and fascist thought, and also how an analysis and comparison of the "theological" and the "political" in their works may shed new light on the intertwinement between religion and politics in the time of Fascism and Nazism. Dr. Levis-Sullam received his Ph.D. in History from the Universita Ca' Foscari di Venezia. The respondent to Professor Levis-Sullam's paper will be Chris McCoy, Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at UCSB. This presentation by the Department of French and Italian is co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science and other campus departments. Date: Thursday, February 15, 2007 Time: 5:00 p.m. Location: McCune Room, Humanities 6020, UCSB Fee: Free |