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Lo Stato

Lo Stato was a monthly political and finance magazine which existed in the Fascist Italy between 1930 and 1943. Its subtitle was Rivista di scienze politiche e giuridiche.

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Source
Lo Stato
Categories
  • Political magazine
  • Finance Magazine
Frequency
  • Bimonthly (1930)
  • Monthly (1931–1943)
Founder
Founded1930
Final issue1943
CountryItaly
Based inRome
LanguageItalian

Lo Stato (Italian: The State) was a monthly political and finance magazine which existed in the Fascist Italy between 1930 and 1943. Its subtitle was Rivista di scienze politiche e giuridiche.12

History and profile

Lo Stato was started in Rome in 1930.3 Its founders were Ettore Rosboch and Carlo Costamagna.4 Of them the former was a leading economist.2 The magazine was published first bimonthly, but from 1931 its frequency was switched to monthly.1

Its major contributors were the Italian economists, including Celestino Arena, Gino Arias, Gino Borgatta, Giuseppe Bottai, Gustavo Del Vecchio, Giuseppe Ugo Papi and Franco Modigliani.3 Lo Stato defined fascism as a dictatorship and totalitarian regime which was superior than both liberalism and communism.2 Contributors of the magazine, particularly Carl Schmitt, provided a theory of the totalitarian state.2

Lo Stato folded in 1943.3

References

References

  1. "Lo Stato rivista di scienze politiche e giuridiche" (in Italian). Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Roma. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  2. Luca Michelini (2020). "From Nationalism to Fascism: Protagonists and Journals". In Massimo M. Augello; Marco E.L. Guidi; Fabrizio Bientinesi (eds.). An Institutional History of Italian Economics in the Interwar Period. Vol. II. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 44–45. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-38331-2_2. ISBN 978-3-030-38331-2. S2CID 219808630.
  3. Francesca Dal Degan; Fabrizio Simon (2019). ""Generalist" Journals between Dissemination of Economics and Regime Propaganda". In Massimo M. Augello; Marco E.L. Guidi; Fabrizio Bientinesi (eds.). An Institutional History of Italian Economics in the Interwar Period. Vol. 1. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 146–147. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-32980-8_6. ISBN 978-3-030-32979-2. S2CID 213105744. eBook: ISBN 978-3-030-32980-8
  4. Gianpasquale Santomassimo (January–March 1993). "Ugo Spirito e il corporativismo". Studi Storici. 14 (1): 98. JSTOR 20564039.