This essay examines the operational, conceptual, and socioeconomic dynamics that characterized the activities of Onarmo from the postwar period through the onset of the Second Vatican Council. Utilizing newly accessible archives of Pius XII, the study positions Onarmo as a pivotal instrument in the Catholic Church’s social engagement and anticommunist strategy during the Pacellian era. The analysis focuses on three key dimensions: Onarmo’s role within the corporatist and intransigent agenda of postwar Catholicism; the monitoring and surveillance practices implemented by labor chaplains in industrial settings from an anti-conflict perspective; and the doctrinal framework underpinning its activities, grounded in Catholic social teaching and neocorporatist conceptions of society. The essay contends that Onarmo played a significant role in consolidating mechanisms of social control and political mediation designed to mitigate class conflict and foster collaboration among ecclesiastical, Christian Democratic, entrepreneurial, and institutionnal actors within the context of Italy’s postwar “protected democracy.
Between Authoritarian Conservatism and Neo-Corporatist Logics: Ecclesiastical Social Control of Labour in Italy through ONARMO (1944–1959)
Federico Creatini
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Abstract
This essay examines the operational, conceptual, and socioeconomic dynamics that characterized the activities of Onarmo from the postwar period through the onset of the Second Vatican Council. Utilizing newly accessible archives of Pius XII, the study positions Onarmo as a pivotal instrument in the Catholic Church’s social engagement and anticommunist strategy during the Pacellian era. The analysis focuses on three key dimensions: Onarmo’s role within the corporatist and intransigent agenda of postwar Catholicism; the monitoring and surveillance practices implemented by labor chaplains in industrial settings from an anti-conflict perspective; and the doctrinal framework underpinning its activities, grounded in Catholic social teaching and neocorporatist conceptions of society. The essay contends that Onarmo played a significant role in consolidating mechanisms of social control and political mediation designed to mitigate class conflict and foster collaboration among ecclesiastical, Christian Democratic, entrepreneurial, and institutionnal actors within the context of Italy’s postwar “protected democracy.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
