Roberto Bacci
Brown University, Italian Studies, Alumnus
- Consciousness, Italian Studies, Italian Literature, Western Esotericism (History), Italian Cinema, Western Esotericism (Anthropology), and 19 moreJulius Evola, Norwegian Literature, Arturo Reghini, Mario Manlio Rossi, Traditionalism, Rudolf Steiner, Contemplative Studies, René Guénon, Theosophical Society, Perennialism, Roberto Assagioli, Modernism, Norwegian, Scandinavian 20th Century Art, Modern Norwegian Literature, Arnulf øverland, History of Religion, Jungian psychology, and Comparative mythologyedit
During the 1920s and 1930s the idea of transmutation, so essential to esotericism, was at the core of the Fascist agenda in Italy. Sharing with esotericism a repertoire of myths, symbols and rituals, Fascism aimed to create a new kind of... more
During the 1920s and 1930s the idea of transmutation, so essential to esotericism, was at the core of the Fascist agenda in Italy. Sharing with esotericism a repertoire of myths, symbols and rituals, Fascism aimed to create a new kind of man pushing the individuals to fuse into one radically transformed common consciousness. In order to create the new Italian man, to form and fashion the masses into a homogeneous and compliant collectivity, Fascism disquali�耀ed individualistic tendencies: subjects had to integrate into collectivity and only thus attain consciousness of themselves as Italians and as Fascists. While these processes were taking place in society, Italian esotericists continued to elaborate the theme of the transmutation of consciousness. Two books published in Italy in those years signi�耀cantly warned against the risks that such a transmutation could entail: Mario Manlio Rossi’s Spaccio dei maghi (1929) and Julius Evola’s Maschera e volto dello spiritualismo contemporan...
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From: SentireAscoltare, 12 June 2017. In Italian. Music review of the album Aqualung (1971) by Jethro Tull.
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From: SentireAscoltare, 1 November 2016. In Italian. Music review of the album Root/Void (2016) by MV & EE.
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From SentireAscoltare. 24 October 2016. In Italian. Music review of the album Life in a Paper Boat (2016) by Kate Rusby.
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From: SentireAscoltare, 7 October 2016. In Italian. Music review of the album Hejira (1976) by Joni Mitchell, in occasion of 40th anniversary.
Research Interests: Popular Music, Popular Culture, Guitar, Folk Music, Contemporary Music, and 15 moreAmerican music, Modern American Folk Music, Jazz, Rock Music, Neil Young, American Folk Music, Song Lyrics, Folk songs, Joni Mitchell, Jaco Pastorius, Music in the United States, Hejira, Larry Carlton, Furry Lewis, and Alternative Guitar Tunings
During the1920s and 1930s the idea of transmutation, so essential to esotericism, was at the core of the Fascist agenda in Italy. Sharing with esotericism a repertoire of myths, symbols and rituals, Fascism aimed to create a new kind of... more
During the1920s and 1930s the idea of transmutation, so essential to esotericism, was at the core of the Fascist agenda in Italy. Sharing with esotericism a repertoire of myths, symbols and rituals, Fascism aimed to create a new kind of man pushing the individuals to fuse into one radically transformed common consciousness. In order to create the new Italian man, to form and fashion the masses into a homogeneous and compliant collectivity, Fascism disqualified individualistic tendencies: subjects had to integrate into collectivity and only thus attain consciousness of themselves as Italians and as Fascists. While these processes were taking place in society, Italian esotericists continued to elaborate the theme of the transmutation of consciousness. Two books published in Italy in those years significantly warned against the risks that such a transmutation could entail: Mario Manlio Rossi’s Spaccio dei maghi (1929) and Julius Evola’s Maschera e volto dello spiritualismo contemporaneo (1932). Both these works were harsh critiques of esotericism written by esotericists, as they reviewed the main schools and personalities of the contemporary occult scene with the purpose of demolishing most of them. Starting from very different premises, both Rossi and Evola expressed a deep concern about the self-determination and distinctiveness of individual consciousness, and denounced the possibility that the ideal of the “new man,” shared by esotericism and Fascism, could lead to the flattening of the differences among otherwise unique human beings and to the erasure of individual specificity.
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Review of Antonello Borra, Alfabestiario (Burlington VT, Formite, 2013). Contemporary Italian poetry. Mosaici: Learned Online Journal of Italian Poetry, Reviews / Recensioni 2012 - 2014, Sept. 2014.
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... Abstract. Le figlie di Hanna, Marianne Fredriksson, traduzione di Roberto Bacci. . - Milano. NALUAF000464, Teadue. NAEDAF004861, 1999. Details der Publikation. Download, http://www.sbagnet.it/vedi_xml.php?id=NA00033060. Herausgeber,... more
... Abstract. Le figlie di Hanna, Marianne Fredriksson, traduzione di Roberto Bacci. . - Milano. NALUAF000464, Teadue. NAEDAF004861, 1999. Details der Publikation. Download, http://www.sbagnet.it/vedi_xml.php?id=NA00033060. Herausgeber, Teadue. Mitarbeiter, Bacci, ...