Against The Mafia: The Classic Italian Writings

ISBN-13: 9783031296192 / Angielski

Fernando Dalla Chiesa; Christina Jerne

Opis

This book brings together the classic texts written in Italian about and against Mafia in the past 150 years. Translated from an Italian book, this collection presents English translations of these key texts for the first time and supplements them with additional content including: the editor's new introduction which provides a contextual and cultural history, four additional chapters, and a new conclusion which connects the classic and newer research. The selected essays have been foundational in shaping Italian culture, policies and legislation. The contributors' voices represent different political standpoints, from strictly conservative and rebelliously liberal but they also testify a wide array of standpoints that speak from different social positions. This book helps to trace a genealogy of Mafia conceptualisations, upon which many contemporary examinations of mafia and these types of criminal groups are based. It provides a useful historical archive of Italian political and sociological thought and a set of diverse perspectives through which to tackle a criminological issue. It speaks to those interested in Italian studies, political theory, sociology, criminology, legal studies, and history.

Spis treści

1.           Introduction- Mafia and Anti-Mafia: A History to Fill (Nando dalla Chiesa, translated by Christina Jerne)

2.         The Mafia and the Unitary State:

Introduction (Nando dalla Chiesa, Translated by Christina Jerne)

Political and Administrative Conditions of Sicily (Leopoldo Franchetti 1877) (Translated by Christina Jerne)

3.         Mafia, Justice and the New Kingdom:

Introduction (Nando dalla Chiesa, Translated by Christina Jerne)

In the Mafia Kingdom (Napoleone Colajanni 1900) (Translated by Christina Jerne)

4.         Mafia Spirit and Mafia Society

Introduction (Nando dalla Chiesa, Translated by Christina Jerne)

What is the Mafia? (Gaetano Mosca 1900) (Translated by Christina Jerne)

5.         The Violent Form of Power

Introduction (Nando dalla Chiesa, Translated by Christina Jerne)

Words are sSones (Carlo Levi 1955) (Translated by Christina Jerne)

6.         Social Marginalization and Repression

Introduction (Nando dalla Chiesa, Translated by Christina Jerne)

Bandits in Partinico (Danilo Dolci 1955) (Translated by Christina Jerne)

7.         Blood and Gold  

Introduction (Nando dalla Chiesa, Translated by Isabel Jerne and Christina Jerne)

Trial on Sicily (Giuseppe Fava 1967) (Translated by Isabel Jerne and Christina Jerne)

8.         Mafia and Ruling Class

Introduction (Christina Jerne)

Minority Report (Pio La Torre et alii. 1976) (Translated by Christina Jerne)

9.          Mafia, Society and Power in Calabria

Introduction (Nando dalla Chiesa, Translated by Christina Jerne)

Africo (Corrado Stajano 1979) (Translated by Christina Jerne)

10.       The Fronts of the Anti-Mafia War

Introduction (Christina Jerne)

How I fight the Mafia (Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa 1982) (Translated by Christina Jerne)

11.      Three Mafias in a Nutshell

Introduction (Christina Jerne)

The Italian Mafias Explained in Mexico (Giovanni Falcone 1990) (Translated by Christina Jerne)

12.      Church and Camorra

Introduction (Christina Jerne)

For the Love of my People (Giuseppe Diana 1991) (Translated by Christina Jerne)

13.      The Territorial Expansion of the ‘Ndrangheta

Introduction (Christina Jerne)

The Long March of the ‘Ndrangheta in Europe. Who, What, Why, How, Where (Nando dalla Chiesa 2021)

14.      Conclusion-Resilient Social Violence (Christina Jerne)

O autorze

Nando dalla Chiesa is Professor of Sociology of Organised Crime at the University of Milan, Italy. He has published numerous articles, books, and essays dedicated to understanding the mafia phenomenon from different angles. He is also a politician and the honorary president of Italy´s largest anti-mafia organisation, Libera. 

Christina Jerne is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Global Criminology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She has published several articles on the topics of criminal enterprise, economic diversity and social movements. She is a member of the Community Economies Institute.   

Blurb

This collection of classic texts offers a longitudinal overview of the Italian mafia through the eyes of those who have questioned it in the past 144 years. It presents English translations of the key works of, among others, judges (Giovanni Falcone), political theorists (Gaetano Mosca), trade unionists (Pio La Torre), journalists (Giuseppe Fava), generals (Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa), and priests (Don Diana). These critical voices have been foundational to shaping the way Italian culture, policies and legislation relate to the mafia phenomenon. They represent different political standpoints, from elitism to communism, as well as vastly different times, from post-feudalism to hyper globalization. This book offers a rare (and hitherto untranslated) insight into, not only the history of the Italian mafia and its conceptualizations, but also into the movement against the mafia, which is one of the longest lasting (and most unrecognized) European social movements. It provides a useful historical archive of Italian political and sociological thought and a diversity of perspectives through which to tackle a complex and increasingly global criminological issue, making it relevant for those interested in Italian studies, political theory, sociology, criminology, legal studies, and history.

Nando dalla Chiesa is Professor of Sociology of Organised Crime at the University of Milan, Italy. He has published numerous articles, books, and essays dedicated to understanding the mafia phenomenon from different angles. He is also a politician and the honorary president of Italy´s largest anti-mafia organisation, Libera.