Mafia’s Ideology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20043654 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Salvatore Lupo (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pages | 161-183 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Two Mafias (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9781137491374_8 |
| OpenAlex | W2493878986 |
| ISBN | 9781137491374 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
In the first chapter, I quoted two Sicilian writers, the anthropologist Giuseppe Pitrè and the novelist Luigi Natoli, who in the late 1800s and early 1900s reevaluated the Sicilian contribution to the Italian nation, evoking (inventing, in Hobsbawm/Ranger's sense) a noble regional tradition. In 1882, Pitrè denied that the words Mafia and omertà could refer to the criminal sphere: according to him, omertà in particular corresponded to manliness, the traditional code, and the sense of oneself that forced every Sicilian male to defend both his own and his family's honor.1 In 1911, Natoli narrated the legend of a secret society—I Beati Paoli—that, centuries ago, had defended Sicilians, primarily the poor and the weak, from the tyranny of the Spanish occupation. While it is unclear whether the two specifically intended to legitimate the Mafia, the Mafia-connected Italian congressman Raffaele Palizzolo surely intended to do so when he used both Pitrè's and Natoli's arguments—the cultural and the political one—in the interview he gave to the New York Times in 1908.KeywordsOrganize CrimeFamily BusinessSecret SocietyHonor SocietyLower RungThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves
Art · Honor · Humanities · Ideology · Legend · Literature · Political science · Politics · Sicilian · Sociology · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |