Ivan Vaghi
The meeting held yesterday afternoon in Solbiate, highlight of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, focused on three characters symbol of the Risorgimento. E 'was highlighted as the character, the slope and if we are also the hopes of the three, often different, did not prevent them from reaching a common goal, which was the unification of Italy. In a certain daring, through our defeats or victories of our allies that the Piedmontese army, after adventures unrealistic and imaginative as the Expedition of the Thousand and maybe waiting for the misadventures of the French at Sedan. In any case, against odds and the result has been brought home. Perhaps it was simply our fate.
Mazzini political philosopher, a little 'utopian or simply too ahead of the times, but who inspired a generation, or rather, the generation, one that has unified our nation. A generation of children who fought and mothers who sent them to fight. The generation and we must say, that has defied the anathemas of the Church which railed against the "claims" a group of small states who wanted to become popular. And do not forget that the most relentless opponent of Unity, Pope Pius IX, was recently beatified, proving perhaps that the wound that the Porta Pia, is not yet fully healed.
brilliant and pragmatic statesman Cavour, who was able to isolate the Italian question and ensure that the superpowers they considered a local issue that would have the merit of weakening Austria. French and British have left to do and then Cavour did before, during and after the wars of independence, although the post was too short since it unfortunately died in 1861. The open discussion is whether a life Long Cavour would have helped build a firmer foundation for a fledgling state, and had been separated for centuries.
the popular hero Garibaldi, anarchic and unique Gascon captain, our best general without ever having been part of the army. Excessive, libertine and brave, he accepted the sacrifice of his Nice in exchange for greater good of the new state.
The three are not loved, threw low blows, competed in ambition, but knew they had somehow need each other because it combines the qualities needed for a work so remarkable and difficult thought and action, but also diplomacy and determination, courage and prudence. Everything in its time. The courage to have dreams and the courage to want to achieve.
What is left to 150 years away? Unfortunately, it seems quite little. The isolationist tendencies of the League, and the political weight that unfortunately fails to have, are putting in the attic the very principle of unifying efforts of a generation of Italians. Our guys have ideas too vague or no idea and no news at that time and those characters, is like a closed book in the library of the old memory of someone. Old portraits and old rhetorical phrases. Instead it was a time glorious and heroic, maybe even lucky, if only for having nock in such characters, but not of less value. In this context, perhaps the most interesting part of the reflection of the whole evening: whose responsibility and what are the countermeasures? We must once again return to the principles of the Risorgimento and pull out the concept of responsibility: we have a responsibility to learn, grow and deepen our history, because it is the concatenation of events that made us become who we are. Nobody said that it is easy or very difficult, but not for this we need to be exempted from this task. Even the over-simplification of the research to ensure that history is not only matter to the upper room can be a double edged sword. The objective of disclosure must be to "lower" the level of debate to make it accessible to all, but rather to work as many people as possible are able to access to culture in general. The levels should raise them, not lower them, the popular works are essential, but must be the gateway and the port of arrival.
In this initiative is certainly deserving of our administration, provided it is followed. The idea is to revive an annual basis in order to create what is called Centro Studi di Storia Patria (perhaps it would be more correct to call Days study, since there will be a structure residential), with the presence of journalists, scholars and historians nationwide. Only criticism that I can move is the fact that it was in fact disregarded the principle engine of this meeting, namely to bring high-level discussions and study among the people because everybody can use it would have been more consistent to give the possibility to the public to ask questions, and why not, join the discussion. Tip for next year, what is the argument: an evening "preparatory" open to the public when the topic is presented, stimulated discussion and prepared a list of questions to be submitted to the experts because they give an opinion and which stimulate further discussion. If we take the responsibility "to be protagonists of our history," which was the subtitle of the event, we must be able to do so.
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