Fare gli italiani dell’anno 3000

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_1738
dc.title	Fare gli italiani dell’anno 3000. Paolo Mantegazza e le prospettive future dell’amore nell’Italia postunitaria
dc.contributor.author	Campani Francesca
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Articolo
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-occidentale/2019/1supplemento/fare-gli-italiani-dellanno-3000/
dc.description.abstract	In 1897 the Italian anthropologist Paolo Mantegazza published The year 3000. A dream, a science fiction novel in which he described the future order of mankind through the journey of a couple. While recent historiography has focused on the eugenic elements of the book, this article discusses the social and gender matters that underpin the novel. Indeed, on the basis of the emotional paradigm of romantic love, Mantegazza put the ‘sexual reform’ of the post-unified Italy at the centre of his work. Believing that «love was the first instrument of progress», he aimed to show how under the guidance of science, humanity as well as Italian society would have a future of happiness and prosperity.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 53 \| Dicembre 2019
dc.issued	2019-11-27
dc.dateAccepted	2019-04-29
dc.dateSubmitted	2019-03-07
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2499-1562
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2019/01/026
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Italian positivism
dc.subject	Italian positivism
dc.subject	Paolo Mantegazza
dc.subject	Paolo Mantegazza
dc.subject	Romantic love
dc.subject	Romantic love
dc.subject	Science fiction
dc.subject	Science fiction
dc.subject	Sexuality
dc.subject	Sexuality

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Paolo Mantegazza e le prospettive future dell’amore nell’Italia postunitaria

Francesca Campani Università degli Studi di Padova, Italia; University of Lincoln, UK

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In 1897 the Italian anthropologist Paolo Mantegazza published The year 3000. A dream, a science fiction novel in which he described the future order of mankind through the journey of a couple. While recent historiography has focused on the eugenic elements of the book, this article discusses the social and gender matters that underpin the novel. Indeed, on the basis of the emotional paradigm of romantic love, Mantegazza put the ‘sexual reform’ of the post-unified Italy at the centre of his work. Believing that «love was the first instrument of progress», he aimed to show how under the guidance of science, humanity as well as Italian society would have a future of happiness and prosperity.

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27 Novembre 2019

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29 Aprile 2019

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07 Marzo 2019

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Keywords: Sexuality • Italian positivism • Paolo Mantegazza • Romantic love • Science fiction

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