Race and Empire: The Legitimation of Italian Colonialism in Juridical Thought

Napoli, Olindo De

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“…55 Bovio (1887). 56 This was for example the idea of Catellani (1885), see also De Napoli (2013), p. 810. 57 For a recent recount of 'just war' and its colonial roots, see Hutchings (2019).…”

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“…For an extensive and general historical analysis seeRochat (1973); DelBoca (1976Boca ( - 1984; from a history of law and international law perspective, see among others the works ofScovazzi (1998);Martone (2008);Nuzzo (2012); DeNapoli (2013); Scovazzi/Carpanelli (2020).3 This brief overview aims solely at providing a context for analysis. For an extensive overview see supra nt.…”

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Violi¹

2021

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This article explores the international law narratives ‘depicted’ in Italian colonial propaganda illustrations and cartoons. The aim is to identify (international) legal arguments crafted to ‘counter-resist’ objections against the Italian colonial enterprise. These arguments provided legitimacy and neutrality to the Italian colonial endeavour and normalized a certain understanding of the colonial space and its subjects. After setting out the historical background, the article engages in a brief methodological reflection on the analytical function of illustrations and cartoons. Thereafter, it applies the methodological framework to analyse ‘counter-resistance’ international law narratives in a selection of XIX and XX century images. The article concludes by reflecting on the performative role of law, its palatability to mass-consumption and the legacy of the legal construction of the colonial mission civilisatrice.

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“…Dismissing the seeming contradictions in his thought, Mancini maintained that Italian colonization did not betray the right of nations because Africa had no nationalities. 69 The Italian government likewise relied on the language of the civilizing mission in its official claim to Assab, which stated that it was occupying the region on the request of the local indigenous population, who wanted the Italians to protect their political, economic, and civil interests. 70 Leftist papers vocally disapproved of the acquisition of Assab but also accepted it as a fait accompli out of their control.…”

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Africa for the Africans? Risorgimento Republicans and Cosmopolitan Nationalists in an Age of Empire

Moore

2023

European History Quarterly

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Within a few decades, the Italian people went from a partially colonized to colonizing power. A number of Italian patriots, therefore, who had espoused the ideals of self-determination, republicanism, and cosmopolitan nationalism, found themselves grappling with the rapid entry into colonization of the nation they had fought so hard to create. This article examines the thoughts and ideas of a select group of these individuals: Aurelio Saffi, Agostino Bertani, Alberto Mario, and Jessie White Mario. Focusing on their arguments in the 1880s and 1890s, it examines their reaction to the establishment of the French protectorate in Tunisia (1881), the British invasion of Egypt and defeat of Ahmad ʿUrabi's seemingly nationalist movement (1882), and the development of the Italian colony in East Africa. Throughout, the article emphasizes the shared importance of the civilizing mission in the ideology of both Italian cosmopolitan nationalism and colonialism. Though left-wing thinkers like Saffi or Bertani fervently argued for the freedom of nationalities and a brotherhood of peoples, their belief that a people needed to be sufficiently advanced for self-government, and that not all peoples were equally ready for that stage, allowed them to justify aspects of Italy's African empire. By examining their differing treatment of the people of Egypt, Tunisia, and East Africa, moreover, the article shows the extent and complexity of their classification of civilizations. While they showed a high level of sympathy for the more ‘Europeanized’ Egyptians, they viewed the people of Eritrea as ‘savages’ in need of Italian guidance and intervention. Finally, the article shows how they attempted to distinguish their version of benign and respectful colonization from the more avaricious or aggressive practices of the French or British empires.

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“…12 For these thinkers, a colonial war would be the test to determine if the 'new Italy' could live up to the masculine ideals prized in western discourses of nationalism, and evoked by the Turin poster. 13 Patriarca shows how Italian politicians rushed to embrace the idea of war -rejecting the image of Rome depicted in the Terzi poster, and embracing the 'virile' Italy depicted in the Turin poster. 14 For the intelligentsia, journalists, thinkers, politicians and the educated elite, the initial victories in the Libyan war meant that 'revenge had been obtained, and the foreigners who had laughed at Italy after the defeat at Adwa had been proved wrong'.…”

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Reimagining the Nation: Gendered Images of Italy and the Italo‐Turkish War of 1911–12

Illuzzi¹

2018

Gender & History

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Race and Empire: The Legitimation of Italian Colonialism in Juridical Thought

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