Neo-Capitalism, Acedia and Non-Style in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Petrolio
Article | Contributor(s): 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 Pasolini saw as the unreality of consumerist...