Italian Culture and Modernization

Author: Huang Changrui
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Publish Date: 1999-12-01
Features: Italy, this ancient civilized country in Europe, has been a historical stage where advanced and backward, light and darkness, civilization and ignorance, science and superstition, human rights and theocracy, and individual liberation versus religious shackles have contended. This great nation, which has created brilliance in the history of human material and spiritual civilization, is today riding the tide of transformation and exploring new development paths, heading towards the 21st century and embracing new challenges... This book does not delve deeply into the concept of modernization, but explores Italy's modernization issues in terms of politics, economy, and society based on the standards proposed by scholars both at home and abroad. Additionally, the book introduces and explains the causes of issues such as the significant north-south disparities, the rampant mafia, and the limitations and flaws of bourgeois democracy during Italy's industrialization and modernization process.