Conferenze tenute a Firenze nel 1896 : La vita italiana durante la Rivoluzione francese e l'Impero

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Various

Language:

Italian

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Conferenze tenute a Firenze nel 1896" by Various is a collection of scholarly lectures written in the late 19th century. This work comprises a series of discourses that analyze various aspects of Italian life during the French Revolution and the subsequent Napoleonic era, focusing on social, political, and psychological perspectives. The contributors include notable figures such as Cesare Lombroso and Angelo Mosso, who delve into themes of crime, societal upheaval, and cultural shifts. The beginning of this collection introduces the topic of political crime during the French Revolution, specifically presented by Cesare Lombroso. He sets the stage by defining political crime as a natural aversion to change, arguing that societal upheavals often provoke violent reactions rooted in conservatism. He elaborates on the concept of "misoneism," or the fear of new ideas, and how this phenomenon was evident during the Revolution, leading to both societal turmoil and the escalation of criminal acts. Lombroso provides historical context, suggesting that political turmoil can lead to a fusion of political and common crimes, thereby exploring the psychological underpinnings of societal resistance to revolutionary changes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

La delinquenza nella rivoluzione francese, conferenza di C. Lombroso

Mesmer e il magnetismo, conferenza di A. Mosso

Napoleone, conferenza di A. G. Barrili

I francesi in Italia (1796-1815) conferenza di V. Fiorini

La Repubblica partenopea, conferenza di G. Pompilj

La trasformazione sociale, conferenza di F. S. Nitti

Il regno d'Etruria, conferenza di E. M. de Vogüé

Donne, salotti e costumi, conferenza di F. Martini

Vincenzo Monti (1754-1828) conferenza di E. Masi

Ugo Foscolo (1778-1827) conferenza di G. Chiarini

Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) conferenza di G. Pascoli

Antonio Canova (1757-1822) e l'arte de suoi tempi, conferenza di A. Venturi

La musica, conferenza di E. Panzacchi.

Credits:

E-text prepared by Carlo Traverso, Claudio Paganelli, Barbara Magni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 32.2 (College-level). Difficult to read.

Release date is 2013-07-11