La delinquenza nella Rivoluzione francese La vita italiana durante la Rivoluzione francese e l'Impero

Set against the backdrop of the 1896 Florentine lectures, this work gathers a range of Italian scholars who turn a critical eye toward the French Revolution and the ensuing Empire. Rather than a conventional political history, the collection asks how the tumultuous events translated into patterns of criminal behaviour and social disorder. Listeners will hear how the author frames the upheaval as both a revolt and a political crime, inviting a forensic reading of the era.

In his central lecture, Lombroso explores the concept of misoneism – the deep‑rooted human aversion to the new – as the psychological engine behind much of the violence. He illustrates the idea with striking anecdotes, from a toddler’s terror of a simple medical dressing to the linguistic confusions of primitive societies, showing how radical innovations can trigger instinctive hostility. By linking these reactions to criminal tendencies, the talk offers a provocative lens for understanding how societies police the very notion of change.