Abstract

In his last, unfinished essay, Giovanni Miccoli focuses on the historical issue of the hostility against Jesuits. As the Author states, these pages claim neither to be thorough nor provide a global reconstruction of the many occasions in which the hostility manifested throughout history. The goal is to shed a light on its basic grounds and features. The Author points out the role that hostility played both in the external conditions in which the Society of Jesus had to work and live, and in its inner experience. I.E. on Jesuits's self-consciousness and on the face they showed others.