Antonio Gramsci, Dominic Losurdo, Silvia Fredirici, etc. [Technically Michael Parenti if we go by his surname, and the fact that New York City is rightful Italian land (/s)].
Obviously there are good authors everywhere [and obviously AES states have more], but I feel like Italians get a slightly bigger proportion of non-AES originated publications compared to other places like Germany and Britain [although in the latter’s case, their intellectuals are so endlessly insufferable im genuinely considering calling for a ban on all publications from the god forsaken island]
Anyway, probably just confirmation bias, but if anyone has any thoughts on it then id love to here them
It’s because they were the more industrialized region. Southern Italy used to be a lot more agrarian. It’s like how Hungary used to be to Austria under the Dual Monarchy.