Cover of 1950’s book: Moral Basis of a Backward Society is a book by Edward C. Banfield, an American political scientist who visited Montegrano, Italy

As a teen (1st degree was Social Anthropology) came across #EdwardBanfield: I was thinking South vs North & corruption. But helps explain ‘amoral familism’ like #TrumpMadness: attack neighbours stop success, believing that European stability & success will inevitably harm his own family interests.