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London : Verso, 2021.
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9781786637758
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Introduction: The Limits of the West
PART I: Utopian Fragments
1. The Liquid Continent (800 BC–826 AD): The Colonies of Magna Graecia, Hellenistic Culture, Roman-Byzantine Occupations
2. The Polyglot Kingdom (826–1182): Life in the Emirate, Norman Conquest, Hybrid Architecture
3. The Anti-Christ of Palermo (1182–1347): An Emperor-King, the ‘Peaceful Crusade’, Sicily’s War of Independence
4. A Silent Scream (1347–1693): Black Death, the Spanish Inquisition, Spells and Incantations
PART II: The Hypocrisies of Nationalism
5. Decadence and Parlour Games (1693–1860): Baroque Towns, Legendary Bandits, Folk Politics
6. A Revolution Betrayed (1860–1891): Italian Unification, the Origins of the Mafia, the Paradoxes of Liberalism
7. A Modernist Dystopia (1891–1943): Political Corruption, Fascism and Futurism, a Colonial Administration
8. The Return of the Mafia (1943–2013): The American Connection, Concrete Cathedrals, Bunga Bunga
Epilogue: ‘They Are Our Salvation’ (2013–Present)
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Map
Introduction: The Limits of the West
PART I: Utopian Fragments
1. The Liquid Continent (800 BC–826 AD): The Colonies of Magna Graecia, Hellenistic Culture, Roman-Byzantine Occupations
2. The Polyglot Kingdom (826–1182): Life in the Emirate, Norman Conquest, Hybrid Architecture
3. The Anti-Christ of Palermo (1182–1347): An Emperor-King, the ‘Peaceful Crusade’, Sicily’s War of Independence
4. A Silent Scream (1347–1693): Black Death, the Spanish Inquisition, Spells and Incantations
PART II: The Hypocrisies of Nationalism
5. Decadence and Parlour Games (1693–1860): Baroque Towns, Legendary Bandits, Folk Politics
6. A Revolution Betrayed (1860–1891): Italian Unification, the Origins of the Mafia, the Paradoxes of Liberalism
7. A Modernist Dystopia (1891–1943): Political Corruption, Fascism and Futurism, a Colonial Administration
8. The Return of the Mafia (1943–2013): The American Connection, Concrete Cathedrals, Bunga Bunga
Epilogue: ‘They Are Our Salvation’ (2013–Present)
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index