Neo-Capitalism, Acedia and Non-Style in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Petrolio

By Deborah Amberson

In his final novel, Petrolio, Pier Paolo Pasolini offers a dismal portrait of neo-capitalist Italy. Focusing on a programmatic referencing of sloth or acedia, this article explores a series of parallels between the symptomatology of the sin and what…

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