The Troubled Origins of the Italian Catholic Labor Movement, 1878-1914 /

In his book, Sándor Agócs explores the conflicts that accompanied the emergence of the Italian Catholic labor movement. He examines the ideologies that were at work and details the organizational forms they inspired. During the formative years of the Italian labor movement, Neo-Thomism became the of...

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Main Author: Agócs, Sándor, 1932- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Philosophy by Decree: Leo XIII and the Thomistic Revival; Chapter 2: The Right to Property Sanctioned by Natural Law; The Defense of Private Property; The Social Functions of Property; The Tutelage Extended to Working People by the Upper Classes; Chapter 3: Inequality of Rights and Power Proceeds from the Very Author of Nature; The Hierarchical Ordering of Society; The Rejection of the Principle of Equality; The Permanence of Classes on the Social Landscape and the Paradoxical Objection to Conflict among Classes
  • Chapter 4: Fraternity and Angelic CharityCatholic Corporative Doctrine; Italian Catholic Congresses and the Mixed Union; Foreign Models and the Italians' Choice; The State as Moderator of the Affairs of Society; Chapter 5: The Spirit of Revolutionary Change; The Encyclical Rerum Novarum and the Appearance of the Concept of the Simple Union; The Fasci Movement in Sicily and the Social Activism of the Clergy; Class Conflict as a Fact of Life; The 1901 Wave of Strikes and the Reaction of Leo XIII; Toniolo and the Ascendancy of the Simple Union; Chapter 6: To Restore All Things in Christ
  • The Reorganization of Catholic Action under Pius X and the Suppression of Democratic TendenciesThe Ban on the Social Activism of the Clergy; Doctrinal Adjustments; Neutrality in Labor Conflict; The Alliance between Wealth and the Altar; Chapter 7: Aversion to the Higher Classes Is Contrary to the True Spirit of Christian Charity; Catholics Confront Socialism; Catholic Labor in the Industrial Sector; Rural to Urban Migration; Pastoral Work among the Migrants; The Aversion to the Industrial Working Class; Chapter 8: He Who Is a Saint Cannot Disagree with the Pope
  • The Vatican Attempts to Reintroduce the Mixed UnionThe Activists' Refusal; Chapter 9: Religion, the Best Custodian of Justice; The Landless Peasants and the Catholic Labor Movement; The Activists Press for Land Reform; Nonunion Economic Institutions; Chapter 10: The Pope Will Remain Silent; The Religious Nature of Catholic Organizations and the Issues of Lay Autonomy; The Reinforcement of Clerical Control over Catholic Action; The Encyclical Singulari quadam and the Last Battle of the Papacy of Pius X; Conclusions; Notes; References; Index