Yesterday afternoon in Rome, at the Senate, in the Nassiriya Hall, Cavaliere Dr. Anna Luana Tallarita, PhD—writer, artist, anthropologist, and criminologist—presented her book “From Power to Fear: Criminology and Anthropology.”
Tallarita’s work is profound and wide-ranging, yet accessible and engaging for the reader, despite its central theme: the dynamics of power and one of its most significant consequences—fear. Through an extensive and insightful perspective, she explores the subjects connected to this relationship, drawing from both anthropological and criminological viewpoints.
PHD Tallarita presented a work that originates from anthropological research carried out during her doctoral studies and later expanded through criminological inquiry. In her presentation, she explored the symbolism of power, its mechanisms, and the environments in which it manifests. She examined the preferred methods and instruments through which power expresses itself—such as politics and war—and traced this expression all the way to the human body, which becomes both an object and a vehicle of power, the chosen site upon which authority imposes itself and its will, often through practices such as confinement or torture.
This will to impose power, she explains, is tied to the fundamental presence of the individual on earth, who rises from a quadrupedal stance to achieve verticality, thus distinguishing itself from other animal species. This verticality is echoed in much of the symbolism associated with power.
The book is a truly compelling work, one that seeks to illuminate myths, rituals, and symbols, ultimately addressing deviant subjects, sociopathic personalities, and, in particular, narcissists.
The chapters follow one another with compelling momentum, exploring theories on the transmission of power, the consequences of fear, and the reactions it provokes. They delve into theories of aggression and examine the harmful effects both social and individual that can arise when power is exercised as the will of asocial, psychotic, or criminal individuals.
The book addresses the theme of the myths of matriarchy and patriarchy from historical, anthropological, and archaeological perspectives, explaining the origins and development of these two enduring myths.
A text to be read and studied, designed to educate readers about power. It presents symbols and instruments of authority, teaches how to recognize them, explores their consequences, and explains the surrounding reality clarifying an understanding of power, its methods, and its effects.
The preface of the book was written by Dr. Ugo Terracciano, President of the Association of Criminologists. The work is also promoted by CAFISC (Centro Altra Formazione Investigazioni Strategia, www.cafisc.it), a criminology center directed by Dr. Tallarita. CAFISC is part of the activities of the association CAFISC EJ UPECEJ.
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