Nando dalla Chiesa
Fernando Romeo dalla Chiesa, known as Nando (1949) is an Italian writer, sociologist, and politician.
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[edit]There were dozens of suicides during the two years of Tangentopoli. I also conducted a study in Parliament. I believe it is the only scientific study available on that matter. The result is that the suicides were not so much caused by imprisonment, because almost all of them killed themselves outside prison, and many even after being acquitted. It was the climate of public opinion that was unbearable for those who had been branded by the judicial investigation. So, in my opinion, rather than referring to the actions of magistrates, this refers to the inability of the newspapers and public opinion at that time to maintain a sense of proportion.
- Blu notte, 7 September 2008
- (About Giorgio Gaber) He was an uncomfortable realist, he knew how to take stock of reality with the added bonus of wanting to change it, pointing out what he thought wasn't working. And I think this was mainly because he was a man of the theater. Because theater has always been about denunciation, while songs have not historically had the same function.
- Pedrinelli, p. 63
- (About Giorgio Gaber) Among the various memories I have of him on stage, what stands out is the profound feeling he left me with the first time I heard him shout about being communists, among other things, “because Enrico Berlinguer was a good person.” Another provocation, really, because it implied that ideologies are empty and that other things matter more. He pointed out that we often cling to them when we don't know how to define our identity, while normal things, such as being decent, can be a source of identity for man.
- Pedrinelli, p. 64
- I believe it would be scientifically very serious if one day we were to write the history of the Mafia as certain left-wing writers have written the history of [[Fascism]: that is, of a handful of criminals who hold in subjection a people who would not want to submit but are forced to do so by terror or a past of resignation.
- Delitto imperfetto
- Discovering Genoa as it is described in books (and as its inhabitants love to recount it) is an enchanting experience. Firstly, because it restores that minimum of trust in the written word and oral tradition without which you would wander aimlessly in your musings on the universe. Secondly, because Genoa is truly beautiful. You look at it and it shines in its marvelous buildings, at any height above sea level. What's more, it is literally dazzling in its succession of imperial white, ocher, moss green, and reddish brown. From the Old Port to Matitone in the late morning hours, which should be scorching but are not. The streets are not noisy, because the August traffic makes everyone more civilized and carefree. All around and above you is breathtaking architecture of shapes and colors that you can stop and contemplate in ecstasy, without fear that every minute you pause will make your shirt stickier. In short, when it's not raining and there's no “macaia” (I've never understood how to spell it), Genoa is truly the most beautiful seaside city in Italy.
- «Genova è la città di mare più bella d'Italia», mentelocale.it, 5 August 2009
- When my government career came to an end, I received several offers to return to university as an associate professor. I chose Palermo because I consider it a bastion of legality, the place where I can best continue my civic and political commitment. Interviewer: What excites you most about returning? Nandoi dalla Chiesa: The desire to see my beloved places again and smell the scent of salt, jasmine, and orange blossom that I have carried with me. And then there is the sea at Mondello, the elegance of Via Libertà, and the delicious food. I know that many things have changed since my high school and military service days, but many others have remained the same. I will start again from these.
- From an interview of Tano Gullo, La scelta di Dalla Chiesa: "Ricomincio da Palermo", palermo.repubblica.it, 26 March 2008
- (About the choice of Tony Renis as artistic director of the 2004 Sanremo Festival) A country that puts a man who proudly claims his Mafia friendships at the helm of the most important show on the most important public television network, a man who hosts bosses in his home, who has them brought lunch in their security cells when they are arrested, this is a country that sends a devastating message: being friends with the Mafia is not a problem, in fact it can be an advantage. And it is the same country that then puts its mafia victims on stamps and gives medals to orphans and widows.
- Concita De Gregorio, Il senatore Dalla Chiesa, Tony Renis e la mafia, repubblica.it, 6 February 2004
- Interview of Salvo Palazzolo, Palermo.repubblica.it, 28 August 2022
- My earliest [memories of Palermo] are linked to the barracks on Corso Vittorio Emanuele, now named after my father, Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa. It is the headquarters of the Carabinieri Legion of sicily. At the end of the 1940s, my maternal grandfather was the commander, and I bear his name. Every summer, we would go to visit him. I remember his apartment and the stables. Then, in the late 1960s, I returned to that barracks as a teenager with my father, a Carabinieri colonel.
- In 1966, at the age of 17, I was struck by the sympathy that existed towards the Mafia. Even among my classmates at Garibaldi High School: when the boss Gerlando Alberti escaped a Carabinieri raid, many were happy and innocently took his side.
- I think that the mafia society has shrunk, but the pro-mafia society has expanded, that is, the society that manages to enter into synergy and convergence with the mafia for many reasons. In the North, we have been studying this worrying phenomenon for years.
See also
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Nando dalla Chiesa, A teatro per la gente (pp. 63 – 64); in Andrea Pedrinelli (a cura di), Gaber, Giorgio, il Signor G. Raccontato da intellettuali, amici, artisti, Kowalski, Milano, 2008. ISBN 978-88-7496-754-4
- Nando dalla Chiesa, Delitto imperfetto. Il generale, la mafia, la società italiana, Melampo, 2007. ISBN 9788889533208
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