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Riflettendo su Antonio Pigliaru: tra ordinamenti e paradigmi – dono e/o vendetta?

Zene, Cosimo

Authors

Cosimo Zene



Abstract

This reflection on ‘juridical rules and paradigms’ in Pigliaru, prompted by Pietro Clemente and inspired by the reading of Gaetano Riccardo’s article, allows me to return to arguments I have discussed elsewhere. In my view, one of the recurrent problems in Riccardo’s article is the lack of distinction in his interpretation of Pigliaru between ‘vendetta’ as such, and the ‘code of vendetta’ itself, as an instrument (or juridical customary rule) which the community adopts so as to control vendetta. Hence, our task is not to reread Pigliaru with a false sentiment of romanticism, but to clarify how for Pigliaru the ‘code of vendetta’ reveals at the very least an effort towards collective and individual moral choices, in line with Pigliaru’s beloved quotation by Machado: «la monedita del alma si pierde si no se da...».

Citation

Zene, C. (2013). Riflettendo su Antonio Pigliaru: tra ordinamenti e paradigmi – dono e/o vendetta?. Lares (Firenze. Testo stampato), LXXIX(1), 35-44

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2013
Deposit Date Sep 10, 2015
Publicly Available Date Jan 2, 2113
Print ISSN 0023-8503
Electronic ISSN 2036-511X
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume LXXIX
Issue 1
Pages 35-44

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