Resumen de Vite semplici, vite da eroi: necronominalismo e democratizzazione dei nomi dei caduti della Grande guerra
Between 1914-1938, the enormous task of documenting the names of the dead soldiers, which was instrumental in permitting mass mourning processions, was led by nations. This essay analyses the construction of ‘necronominalism’ beginning in mid-nineteenth century, specifically at the time of Garibaldi. The new way of combat during WWI was no longer man against man but moreover machine against machine so that no one was a celebrated hero. It is for this reason that the list of dead inscribed on the monuments is in alphabetical order. It shows that a common soldier could have a higher rank than his officer. This also diminished any preceding hierarchy and eliminated any idea of sacredness in the ‘red leftist’ funeral ceremonies. Fascism transformed this ‘democracy of death’ en masse without reference to the individual
