The Family of Gaetano Salvemini Under Fascism: The Inimical Son (Italian and Italian American Studies)

Gaetano Salvemini (1873 – 1957), one of the most influential Italian intellectuals of his generation, was an historian, a professor, and a tireless anti-fascist who mentored a new generation of young intellectuals and political activists, such as Piero Gobetti, Ernesto Rossi, and Carlo & Nello Rosselli. After losing his wife and children in the 1908 Messina earthquake, Salvemini began a new family with his second wife, Fernande Dauriac, and her two children, Jean and Ghita. Yet, despite its marked influence on his life and politics, Salvemini’s second family and its involvement with fascism has never been studied before. By exploiting hitherto unused archival sources, The Inimical Son explores an until-now little known dimension of Salvemini's life; it uncovers the personal costs of his anti-fascism, including the tragic embrace of fascism by his stepson, Jean Luchaire. Foreword Filomena Fantarella’s The Family of Gaetano Salvemini Under Fascism—The Inimical Son Foreword to the Italian Edition Acknowledgements Archives Consulted Cambridge (Massachusetts) Paris Lugano Rome Florence Contents List of Figures Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Before Messina 1 From Molfetta to Florence 2 The Messina Earthquake 3 The Thread of Hope Chapter 3: After Messina 1 Among Salvemini’s Friends ... 2 A Political Fight: Universal Suffrage 3 A Refuge in War Chapter 4: The Spiritual Father of a New Generation 1 The First Postwar Period 2 Peace at Home 3 Three young friends: Nello, Carlo and Ernesto 4 Antifascism: The Early Battles 5 1925–1933: Between France and England Chapter 5: 1934–1941: Cracks in the Family. Exile and the United States of America 1 Toward New Lands 2 Between Fascism and Antifascism Chapter 6: A Union Ended (1941–1946) 1 The Seduction of Power and the Sin of Ambition: The Case of Jean Luchaire 2 A Family in the Eye of the Hurricane 3 A Telegram from Ghita 4 Jean Luchaire’s Trial: The End of a Union 5 An Irreparable Break Selected Bibliography Index