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Postcolonial Garibaldi?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2018

Lorenzo Veracini*
Affiliation:
Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

Abstract

This paper offers an original interpretation of Garibaldi’s political style and imaginary. The aim is to account for Garibaldi’s sustained engagement with the possibility of displacement as an alternative to revolution. It begins in an afternoon on a remote small island between two oceans. Garibaldi was considering his options. When he returned to Italy, he had seriously reflected on the possibility of colonising other places. Colonising had entered the picture. It was a postcolonial Garibaldi.

Italian summary

Questo saggio si propone di offirire una nuova interpretazione dell’origine dello stile politico e dell’immaginario di Garibaldi. L’obiettivo è quello di considerare la maniera in cui Garibaldi pensava la relazione tra emigrazione e rivoluzione. L’articolo inizia in un pomeriggio su un’isola remota tra due oceani. Garibaldi stava considerando diverse opzioni. Quando tornò, la possibilità di colonizzare altri luoghi ere stata ponderata attentamente. Si trattava di un Garibaldi postcoloniale.

Type
Contexts and Debates
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© 2018 Association for the Study of Modern Italy 

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