Società civile, mercato e stato: un confronto tra Doria e Genovesi

Civil Society, Market and State: a Comparison between Doria and Genovese · The eighteenthcentury Neapolitan society had two factions with different theoretical approaches. The most important philosophical traditions of the century influenced Neapolitan culture and led to the birth of two parties The formation of two ‘parties’, Veteres and iuvenes are the result of the way in which Neapolitan culture reacted to impulses coming from abroad. Doria and Genovesi are emblematic figures of this contrast. The economy was the privileged theoretical field of this contraposition and the instrument with which Neapolitan culture tried to respond to the challenges of modernity. The two economists gave the problems of Neapolitan society different answers, but in both the need for change was strong and still represent an obligatory starting point for those who want to tackle the question of the backwardness of southern society in a historical perspective.