Francesco Barbagallo

Giustino Fortunato, l'Unità italiana e il Mezzogiorno

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  • This article reconstructs Giustino Fortunato's cultural and political iter
  • his interest in the problems of Italy's Mezzogiorno
  • and his part in the cultural current of «meridionalismo».
  • Fortunato spoke of the problem of «two Italies» and «two civilizations»
  • and his critique was directed towards the ruling class in southern Italy
  • and in Naples in particular. In his articles La città e la plebe and La camorra (1878-79)
  • Fortunato analyzed the tragic conditions of the popular masses in Naples
  • and the link that existed between this social context
  • the growth of criminal organizations
  • and the responsibilities of the ruling classes. A member of the Italian Parliament starting in 1880
  • Fortunato took increasingly liberalist positions.
  • His encounter with Gaetano Salvemini and his contributions to the new review L'Unità marked the final important moments in a very interesting cultural and political iter

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