The Year of Living Dangerously: Italy's Movement of ’77

The first in-depth English-language analysis of Italy’s explosive “Movement of 1977".

In 1977 Italy’s popular revolt reached its peak, when youth demanded a future rejecting bosses, borders, and compromise. The Year of Living Dangerously retells the movement's origins, ideals, visual culture, and ongoing debates surrounding its legacy. The book's second half features an extensive anthology of crucial texts, many translated into English for the first time, accompanied by critical commentary. These materials illuminate the richness and complexity of this extraordinary chapter in Italian history, capturing a defiant, joyful movement that briefly threatened to upend the political establishment's consensus around sacrifice and economic discipline.