'Inclinazioni' verso la giustizia, davanti alla tirannia del "senso comune"

The contribution revolves around the legally relevant and topical issues raised by two very different but closely related works: Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita" and Azar Nafisi's "Reading Lolita in Tehran". "Lolita" tells the story of a middle-aged man's disturbing and perverse relationship with a 12-year-old girl, while "Reading Lolita in Tehran" is an autobiographical text about a secret literature seminar in which the author, then a university professor in Tehran, and a small group of female students read "Lolita" and other novels of American and European literature during the Khomeinist regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The writing thus runs along two tracks: interpersonal violence in intimate and private relationships ("Lolita"), violence perpetrated by authorities and tyranny ("Reading Lolita in Tehran"). Against the background of these themes, some reflections on violence against women and girls in the context of intimate relationships, international crimes and armed conflicts are brought to the fore, and then some constructive insights are proposed on forms of justice capable of strengthening the personal resources of resistance and resilience of victims, as well as on the positive role that women can play, as recognised by the United Nations with a rich series of Security Council resolutions, in the context of diplomatic actions, peace negotiations and the reconstruction of social bonds in the aftermath of collective violence and mass atrocities.