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Criminal Anthropology and Anarchist Terrorism in Spain and Italy
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Anarchist terrorism became a problem in both Spain and Italy during the 1890s but lost its virulence in the latter after 1900 as mentioned in this paper, possibly due to the influence of positive criminology.Abstract:
Anarchist terrorism became a problem in both Spain and Italy during the 1890s but lost its virulence in the latter after 1900. One of the reasons for the difference in outcomes between the two nations may have been that the ideas of criminal anthropology had permeated Italian society and institutions and this allowed the government and other authorities to reframe (and play down) the whole question of anarchist terrorism. Given the surprising extent of positive criminology's influence in Spain, a similar tactic there might have been possible but was not adopted. The results were disastrous.read more
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Visions of Agency: Imagining Individual and Collective Action in Nineteenth-Century Romania
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the contexts in which political agency was negotiated in nineteenth-century Romania (1830-1907), the concepts through which it was articulated, and how it was perceived as being distributed across time, class and state borders.
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The Battle against Anarchist Terrorism: An International History, 1878–1934
TL;DR: The origins of anarchist terrorism can be traced back to 1815-89 as mentioned in this paper, and the first International Conference on Terrorism: Rome 1898 6. 1900: three assassination attempts and the Russo-German Anti-Anarchist Initiative 7. The murder of President McKinley, 1901 8. The St Petersburg Protocol, 1901-4 9. Multilateral anti-anarchist efforts after 1904 10. The decline of anarchist violence, 1900-30s Appendix Bibliography.
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The Modern School of Francisco Ferrer i Guàrdia (1859-1909), an International and Current Figure.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed Ferrer i Guàrdia's indefatigable fight for an egalitarian, high-quality pedagogical project, which led to his defamation, persecution, and death.
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Alexandria, 1898: Nodes, Networks, and Scales in Nineteenth-Century Egypt and the Mediterranean
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the Mediterranean as a space of flows and show how the Maghreb/Mashreq divide in Middle Eastern history has concealed webs and connections, and emphasize the interconnections and mutual implications of the micro, the macro, and everything in between.
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Social Histories of Anarchism
TL;DR: A discussion of the periodization of anarchism as an ism, an ideology originating in nineteenth-century Europe, and its relationship to and differences with more general libertarian or non-coercive modes of behavior and organization found in all human societies can be found in this paper.