04 Mar AN AMERICA IN ANTIQUITY?
An America in Antiquity Mediterranean Perspectives: “La pensée de midi” and “Our Mezzogiorno” series is dedicated to the presentation of new perspec- tives on how we might re-consider Southern Italy and book in a new series entitled, Il nostro Mezzogiorno. The the Mediterranean as well.
Friday evening, March 15, author Luca Meldolesi will be in conversation with Anthony Julian Tamburri (John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY). They will discuss Meldolesi’s new book and his ideas on re-considering the Mezzogiorno. Come join Luca Meldolesi and Anthony Julian Tamburri at Boston’s Italian-American bookstore in the heart of the city’s historic North End.
In paraphrasing the author, as one’s reading progresses understand more greatly our surroundings. Further still, if with Camus (and Hirsch- man), we assign to moderation — and thus to nonviolent rebellion against injustice — a role as a starting engine for possible change, we find that we have constructed, at least in part, a useful tool for judging the positive and negative aspects of past experiences. And also, that we have at hand the beginning of a perspective that we must vigorously pursue if we are to begin to emerge from the national-imperialist impasse discussed herein.