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The Politics of Sacrifice: Remembering Italy's Rogo di Primavalle

By (author) Amy King

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This book offers an original and comprehensive study of the memory of theÂ Rogo di Primavalle, a fatal arson attack on the home of a far-right family onÂ 16 April 1973. Perpetrated by members of the militant left group PotereÂ Operaio, this was the first attack on a domestic space during Italyâ€™s Years ofÂ Lead. Through analysis of media coverage, books,Â and social media;Â observation of commemoration ceremonies;Â visits to sites of memory;Â andÂ oral history interviews conducted by the author,Â The Politics of SacrificeÂ argues that memory of the Rogo di Primavalle has been instrumentalised by neo-fascist groups over the past 50 years. Drawing on contemporary theoretical debates relating to public and private memories, King connects the construction of a narrative of sacrifice to challenges faced by the institutional far right from the time of the Movimento Sociale Italiano in the 1970s, Alleanza Nazionale in the mid-1990s, and Fratelli dâ€™Italia today. With the far right on the rise in Italy and abroad, the book identifies the characteristics of remembering that define far-right memory culture and investigates the role of memory in building support for the far right over time. Winner of the 2024 Book Prize â€“ First Book (Ex-Aequo) awarded by The American Association for Italian Studies for its outstanding contribution to Italian Studies. Â