Overview
- Addresses for the first time, from an interdisciplinary perspective informed by cultural studies, the political and cultural meaning(s) the notion of alienation took in Italy, taking the national context as a paradigmatic case study
- Tackles the long-lasting debate on Italian asylums from a novel perspective, proposing to read this revolution in the light of a broader social, cultural, and above all political debate on personal freedom and social control
- Relates the representation of alienation in this Italian period to broader theories of the concept across media, time periods, and geography
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Spaces of Alienation
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Workers at Olivetti
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Psychoanalysis and Alienation
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About this book
The Years of Alienation in Italy offers an interdisciplinary overview of the socio-political, psychological, philosophical, and cultural meanings that the notion of alienation took on in Italy between the 1960s and the 1970s. It addresses alienation as a social condition of estrangement caused by the capitalist system, a pathological state of the mind and an ontological condition of subjectivity. Contributors to the edited volume explore the pervasive influence this multifarious concept had on literature, cinema, architecture, and photography in Italy. The collection also theoretically reassesses the notion of alienation from a novel perspective, employing Italy as a paradigmatic case study in its pioneering role in the revolution of mental health care and factory work during these two decades.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Alessandra Diazzi is Lecturer in Italian at the University of Manchester, UK. Her work focuses primarily on the reception of psychoanalysis in Italian culture, with a particular focus on the relationship between psychoanalysis and impegno in Italy. She has published articles on contemporary Italian literature and cinema.
Alvise Sforza Tarabochia is Lecturer in Italian at the University of Kent, UK. His research encompasses visual culture and psychiatry in Italy. He has published a monograph on the theoretical implications of Basaglia’s thought, as well as articles on Italian literature, biopolitics, visual culture, and psychoanalysis.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Years of Alienation in Italy
Book Subtitle: Factory and Asylum Between the Economic Miracle and the Years of Lead
Editors: Alessandra Diazzi, Alvise Sforza Tarabochia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15150-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15149-2Published: 19 June 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15152-2Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-15150-8Published: 11 June 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 248
Topics: European Culture, History of Italy, Cultural Heritage, Cultural History, European Cinema and TV, Comparative Literature