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| Frequency | Biweekly |
| Founder | Giuseppe Bottai |
| Founded | 1923 |
| Final issue Number | 1943 21 |
| Country | Italy |
| Based in | Rome |
| Language | Italian |
| ISSN | 1124-3090 |
| OCLC | 436549849 |
Critica fascista was a biweekly cultural magazine which was founded and edited byGiuseppe Bottai in Rome, Italy. The magazine existed during theFascist rule in the country from 1923 to 1943.[1] Over time it became one of the most significant publications of the fascist period in Italy.[2]
Critica fascista was founded in 1923 by Italian journalist Giuseppe Bottai in Rome.[3][4] It was published on a biweekly basis and edited by Giuseppe Bottai during its lifetime.[5][6] The goal of Bottai was to provide a platform for the Fascist government to develop a cultural policy through intellectual and artistic discussions.[4] The magazine also aimed at educating the emerging ruling class and at initiating a discussion on the nature of Fascist ideology.[7] It adopted revisionism which had appeared as a new ideology of the Italian Fascism.[8]
Between 1926 and 1927Critica fascista published various articles on the definition and scope of the state art in an attempt to help the Fascist authorities in developing the related concepts.[4] The magazine adopted an anti-capitalist stance.[9] Its notable contributors includedArdengo Soffici,Mino Maccari,Gino Severini,Massimo Bontempelli,Cipriano Efisio Oppo,Curzio Malaparte,Filippo Tommaso Marinetti,Anton Giulio Bragaglia,Umberto Fracchia andEmilio Cecchi.[4] In the early 1930s Giuseppe Bottai and other Fascist figures frequently published articles in the magazine about the need for the modernization in all aspects of Italian life.[10]
Critica fascista folded in 1943, and the last issue was number 21.[3]