Greatest Generation

G.I. della 25ª Divisione di fanteria degli Stati Uniti nella giungla di Vella Lavella durante l'Operazione Cartwheel (13 settembre 1943)
Le etichette usate in sociologia per indicare le diverse generazioni

The Greatest Generation (letteralmente la grande generazione) è un termine coniato dal giornalista Tom Brokaw per riferirsi a quella generazione[1] che crebbe negli Stati Uniti durante il disastro della Grande depressione e che andò a combattere nella seconda guerra mondiale e a quelli che, con la loro produttività all'interno della guerra nel fronte interno, diedero un contributo decisivo alla produzione di armi. Per questo tale fascia della popolazione è anche definita "G.I. Generation". Ne fanno parte gli individui nati tra il 1901 e il 1927. La Greatest Generation è preceduta dalla Generazione perduta ed è seguita dalla Generazione silenziosa.

Demografia

Nel 2018, a seguito dell'estinzione della generazione perduta (causata dalla morte del suo ultimo membro, la supercentenaria Nabi Tajima), la Greatest Generation divenne la generazione più anziana vivente.

Il libro di Tom Brokaw

Tom Brokaw scrisse nel suo libro del 1998, The Greatest Generation: «è, credo, la più grande generazione che ogni società abbia mai avuto»,[2] sostenendo che questi uomini e queste donne non hanno mai combattuto per la fama e il riconoscimento, ma perché era la «cosa giusta da fare».

Ideologie culturali e politiche

Non essendoci ancora la globalizzazione, è difficilissimo caratterizzare la generazione di diversi paesi, che hanno vissuto storie molto diverse.

Europa e Italia

In Europa e in Italia, la "greatest generation" si divise tra l'ideologia comunista e socialista e quella nazi-fascista. In Italia in particolare, i fascisti volevano opporsi alla rivoluzione d'ottobre russa del 1917 con una rivoluzione fascista, che voleva modificare l'assetto della società italiana. I membri della "greatest generation" furono quelli che combatterono durante la Seconda guerra mondiale.

Note

  1. ^ Tristram Hunt, One last time they gather, the Greatest Generation, in The Observer, London, 6 giugno 2004. URL consultato il 14 luglio 2008.
  2. ^ The greatest generation - Tom Brokaw - Google Boeken, su books.google.com. URL consultato il 16 dicembre 2013.

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