Assassins against the Old Order : Italian Anarchist Violence in Fin de Siecle Europe / Nunzio Pernicone and Fraser M. Ottanelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pernicone, Nunzio, 1940-2013, author.

Ottanelli, Fraser M., author.

Series:

Illinois scholarship online.

Illinois scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italy--Politics and government--1870-1914.

Italy.

Anarchists--Italy.

Anarchists.

Political violence--Italy--History--20th century.

Political violence.

Political violence--Italy--History--19th century.

Anarchism--Italy--History--20th century.

Anarchism.

Anarchism--Italy--History--19th century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 pages)

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2019.

Summary:

"Assassins against the Old Order delves into the history of Italian anarchist violence and sets out to understand the causes and general conditions that led to it. Despite a proliferation of new studies on anarchism, anarchist violence and its main school of thought--"propaganda of the deed"-- remain generally understudied and misunderstood. Misconceptions about anarchism in general, and anarchist violence in particular, have dominated public discourses and popular culture from its inception. Anarchists were quickly and conveniently branded as a "demonic menace to society" - a view that was reinforced by the period's pseudo-scientific criminologist theories as well as sensationalist accounts of the fin-de-siecle political assassinations which were framed as part of a presumed terrorist anarchist conspiracy to overthrow the established order. This book provides a cutting-edge synthesis of the intellectual origins, milieu and nature of Italian anarchist violence as well as a fascinating portrait of its major players"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Risorgimento and the origins of anarchist violence

Malfattori : government repression and anarchist violence

Bombings, insurrections, and cosmopolitanism : Paolo Lega and Sante Caserio

Crispi and the "exceptional laws"

Anarchist assassins : Acciarito, Angiolillo, and Lucheni

Fatti di Maggio and Gaetano Bresci

U.S. investigation and death of the giustiziere

Conclusion : terrorists or giustizieri?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Previously issued in print: 2018.

ISBN:

9780252050565

0252050568

OCLC:

1050163307