is exercised by the state in 1923, describing Italian Fascism as a system which was fundamentally different from conventional dictatorships. The term was later assigned a positive meaning in the writings of Giovanni Gentile, Italy's most prominent philosopher and leading theorist of fascism. He used the term totalitario to refer to the structure and goals of the new state which was to provide the "total representation of the nation and total guidance of national goals." Death Amendola died on 7 April 1926 at Cannes, France, in agony from violence inflicted when he was beaten by 15 Blackshirts with clubs. Personal life Amendola married Eva Kuhn in 1906, and they remained together until Amendola's death in 1926. Together, they had four children : Giorgio Amendola (1907-1980), who became an important communist writer and politician, Adelaide (1910-1980), Antonio (1916-1953), and Pietro (1918-2007), who also became a journalist and politician. In popular culture In the Florestano Vancini's film The Assassination of Matteotti (1973), Amendola is played by Damiano Damiani. References Bibliography Eva Kühn Amendola: Life with Giovanni Amendola, Parenti, Florence 1960 Giorgio Amendola: A choice of life, Rizzoli, Milan, 1976 ISBN 88-17-12610-1 Simona Colarizi: The Democrats in the Opposition: Giovanni Amendola and the National Union (1922-1926), Il Mulino, Bologna, 1973 Antonio Sarubbi: The World of Amendola and Cianca and the collapse of liberal institutions (1922-1926), Milan, 1998, ISBN 978-88-464-0514-2 (1986, 1998) Elio d'Auria: Liberalism and democracy in the political experience of Giovanni Amendola, Southern Publishing Company, Salerno-Catanzaro, 1978 Elio d'Auria: Giovanni Amendola: Epistolario 1897-1926, 6 volumes, La Terza and La Caita, Rome-Bari, 1986-2011 Elio d'Auria (edited by): Giovanni Amendola and the Crisis of the Liberal State. Political Writings from the Libyan War to the Opposition to Fascism, Newton Compton Editori, Rome, 1974 External links 1882 births 1926 deaths Politicians from Naples Democratic Liberal Party (Italy) politicians Deputies of Legislature XXV of the Kingdom of Italy Deputies of Legislature XXVI of the Kingdom of Italy Deputies of Legislature XXVII of the Kingdom of Italy Italian male journalists Manifesto of the Anti-Fascist Intellectuals Assassinated Italian politicians Italian people murdered abroad People murdered in France Terrorism deaths in France Italian anti-fascists Exiled Italian politicians 20th-century Italian journalists 20th-century Italian male writers 1926 murders in France