Book contents
- Politics, Murder and Love in an Italian Family
- Frontispiece
- Politics, Murder and Love in an Italian Family
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Political Violence and the Amendolas, Father and Son
- 2 The Rise of Giovanni Amendola, 1882–1919
- 3 Giovanni Amendola
- 4 Nelia Pavlova
- 5 Giorgio Amendola, 1907–43
- 6 Giorgio Amendola and a National Road to Socialism and the End of History
- Conclusion
- Afterword
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2023
- Politics, Murder and Love in an Italian Family
- Frontispiece
- Politics, Murder and Love in an Italian Family
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Political Violence and the Amendolas, Father and Son
- 2 The Rise of Giovanni Amendola, 1882–1919
- 3 Giovanni Amendola
- 4 Nelia Pavlova
- 5 Giorgio Amendola, 1907–43
- 6 Giorgio Amendola and a National Road to Socialism and the End of History
- Conclusion
- Afterword
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In the Conclusion, I record the rival fates of Giovanni and Giorgio Amendola since 1980, whether in scholarship, public memory or Italian streetscapes. In each regard, the liberal democrat Giovanni Amendola has moved up and the communist Giorgio Amendola down. The (humane) communist world Giorgio believed in has all but totally disappeared. But liberal democracy, however much transmuted by an all but totalitarian neoliberalism, has prospered and, perhaps, triumphed. Certainly, when the centenary of Giovanni’s death occurs in 1926, it is likely that he will be celebrated as a father of his patria. What might be viewed as the historical limitations of his understanding of where the world was going, his all but non-existent commentary on capitalism and finance, his patriarchalism, his positive view of Italian imperialism – these no longer matter. He can take the leading place as his country’s most admirable saint and martyr of Anti-Fascism.
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- Politics, Murder and Love in an Italian FamilyThe Amendolas in the Age of Totalitarianisms, pp. 187 - 198Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023