Conservatism in Italy

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Conservatism in Italy
Ideologies Berlusconism Italian nationalism Italian school of elitism Liberal conservatism Liberismo Political Catholicism Christian democracy Ultramontanism Populism
Principles Agrarianism Anti-communism Catholic social teaching Christian values Clericalism Familialism Italian culture Maternalism Monarchism Patriotism Property rights Subsidiarity
History 1946 Italian institutional referendum Black nobility Historical Right Italian Empire Italian fascism Kingdom of Italy Papal States Risorgimento Sanfedismo
Intellectuals Bresciani Cuoco Evola Gini Giubilei Leopardi Longanesi Maistre Margotti Montanelli Mosca Papini Pareto Pera Reghini Salandra Sogno Taparelli
Literature The Rise and Fall of the Elites (1900) The Mind and Society (1916) Revolt Against the Modern World (1934) The Rage and the Pride (2001) The Force of Reason (2004)
Politicians Andreotti Berlusconi Fini Forlani De Gasperi Meloni Pera Procaccini Salandra Salvini Sogno Tatarella
Parties Active Brothers of Italy Coraggio Italia Future and Freedom  Identity and Action Lega Monarchist Alliance Lega Nord Us with Italy Defunct Common Man's Front Conservatives and Reformists Direction Italy Forza Italia Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity Italian Nationalist Association Liberal Constitutional Party Monarchist National Party New Centre-Right The People of Freedom People's Monarchist Party
Think tanks FareFuturo Foundation for Subsidiarity Liberal Foundation Machiavelli Center Magna Carta Foundation New Italy The Republicans
Media Annabella L'Armonia Il Borghese Candido Corriere della Sera (formerly) Epoca Il Foglio Il Giornale L'Italia settimanale Libero La Verità
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Conservatism in Italy is the political philosophy and ideology of conservatism as it has developed in Italy. It seeks to uphold Italian culture with an emphasis on familialism and patriotism and is historically strongly associated with clericalism and monarchism as well as anti-communism. It has been a dominant ideology throughout Italy's modern history although with different expressions: during the interwar era it merged with fascism into a form of ultraconservatism, while the post-war era was characterised by the moderate conservatism of centre-right Christian democracy. Southern Italy is more traditionalist and patriotic, while northern Italy is more capitalist.