La costruzione di un «nuovo nazionalismo». Il Partito Nazionalista Gallese fino al 1946

The construction of a «new nationalism». The Welsh Nationalist Party to 1946

Syd Morgan

Abstract


Questo saggio reinterpreta lo sviluppo di un «nuovo nazionalismo» in Galles nel periodo che va dal 1919 al 1946, analizzando la costruzione di un nuovo movimento politico, il Partito Nazionalista Gallese, come strumento per la creazione di una nuova ideologia nazionalista su base territoriale. Esso identifica le politiche e le azioni fondamentali che condussero tale partito a ottenere una crescente visibilità come vettore di questo nuovo discorso, e sostiene che questo particolare «nuovo nazionalismo» fosse effettivamente qualcosa di inedito e che, al contrario di quanto afferma la narrazione storica comunemente accettata, verso la fine di questo periodo esso avesse ottenuto un relativo successo.

 

This paper reinterprets the development of a «new nationalism» in Wales during the period 1919 to 1946. The focus is on the building of a new political movement, the Welsh Nationalist Party, as the instrument for the creation of a new, territorially based nationalist ideology. It identifies critical policies and actions by that party which led to its increasing visibility as the carrier of the new discourse, and it argues that this particular «new nationalism» was indeed new and was, contra the accepted historical narrative, relatively successful by the end of this period.


Parole chiave


Galles; nazionalismo gallese; Partito Nazionalista Gallese; antimperialismo; Wales; Welsh nationalism; Welsh Nationalist Party; anti-imperialism

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15162/2282-5681/1369

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