Book ID: CBB362617785

The Denied Memory: The Fate of Fergola’s School among Mathematical Controversies, Social Tensions, and Political Conflicts (2021)

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Giovanni Capobianco (Author)
Ferraro, Giovanni (Author)


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Publication Date: 2021
Physical Details: 184 pp.
Language: English

In this essay, the authors investigate the reasons why the memory of a well-established early nineteenth-century mathematical school – the so-called Neapolitan synthetic school or Fergola’s school – was lost in in the thirty years following the unification of Italy. The damnatio memoriae of Fergola’s school is an intriguing historical question, which becomes even more captivating if one considers that it is not the unique instance of oblivion of a Neapolitan scientist in those years. The authors show that this episode of damnatio memoriae is to be seen in the context of the condemnation and oblivion of the Bourbon government, which played and plays an important role in Italy’s nation-building. The second part of this book includes six appendices with documents useful for the understanding of the history of the synthetic school.

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Authors & Contributors
Tazzioli, Rossana
Mazliak, Laurent
Pierre Journoud
Anne-Laure Anizan
Diletta Capissi
Sarno, Emilia
Concepts
Science and politics
Mathematics
Physics
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Science and society
Biographies
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
20th century, early
Enlightenment
21st century
Places
Italy
Naples (Italy)
France
Apulia
Southern Europe
Mediterranean region
Institutions
Università di Napoli
Stazione Zoologica di Napoli
Università di Firenze
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