The Limits of the Cultural and Educational Policy in Building the Fascist New Man

Abstract

Mussolini proposed the creation of a new man who was supposed to serve a general modernization of Italian society. To this end, fascism introduced to the masses in the political, economic, legal and, of course, cultural and educational system defended by fascist doctrine. This paper analyzes the cultural and educational policies developed by fascism in to build the new man. We study the values of this fascist man and the institutions responsible for that “creation” to show, finally, the limitations of these policies to achieve the expected results.