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Da Infinite Jest all'Infinite Scroll: David Foster Wallace nell'epoca della distrazione senza fine
No full textThis article explores the relationship between David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest (1996) and the contemporary logic of the “Infinite Scroll” that structures today’s digital platforms. Starting from a close reading of the novel and from Wallace’s non-fiction (in particular E Unibus Pluram and This Is Water), the paper investigates how Infinite Jest anticipates key dynamics of the current attention economy: the design of addictive entertainment, the commodification of time and focus, and the transformation of distraction into a structural condition of subjectivity in the digital era. The “Entertainment” – the enigmatic and fatally seductive film at the centre of the plot – is interpreted as an allegorical device that prefigures the technical and affective infrastructures of endless feeds and auto-play mechanisms. Through an interdisciplinary framework that draws on media theory, philosophy and sociology (Debord, Baudrillard, Han, Crary, Stiegler, Bauman, among others), the paper analyses the ways in which the novel dramatizes the saturation of perception, the fragmentation of experience and the outsourcing of choice to algorithmic systems. Particular attention is devoted to the metaphor of tennis and the Enfield Tennis Academy (ETA) as figures of discipline and resistance to the pull of easy pleasure, and to the fragmented, note-saturated form of the novel as a literary analogue of the contemporary feed. The argument is that Infinite Jest can be read as a pre-digital text for thinking about the infrastructures of digital distraction and as a possible “training ground” for a renewed ethics of attention in the age of the Infinite Scroll
Il Manifesto culturale dei Cascella: dalle esposizioni temporanee alla raccolta museale di Pescara
No full textThis article offers a reappraisal of the relationship between the Cascella family’s activities and their native Abruzzo region. This relationship is analysed from two principal perspectives: first, as a formative source of inspiration for much of the Cascella family’s artistic production; and second, the establishment of the Basilio Cascella Civic Museum in Pescara in 1975. This space, formerly a lithographic factory, art studio, and family home until the 1970s, witnessed Basilio as a precursor and mentor, promoting a vision of universal art across diverse artistic and craft media. Finally, the study aims to re-establish the bond between the museum and its surrounding territory as a crucial strategy for enhancing the value of the collections, so that they are understood not only in terms of their historical and artistic significance, but also as evidence of knowledge inherited from the past and passed on to future generations
STORIA E CONTEMPORANEITA' IN MATERIA DI INTERVENTO DELLA PUBBLICA AUTORITA' A FAVORE DEI MINORI. EVOLUZIONE DELL'ART. 403 C.C. DAL 1900 AI NOSTRI GIORNI
No full textThe City in the Mirror. Plato's Menexenus as a Philosophical Example of "Democratic Propaganda
No full textThe paper aims to examine Plato’s Menexenus, focusing on the role of the epitaph. The analysis engages with the mixture of irony and seriousness to show that the target of the moqueire is not the funeral speech itself, but the way Athenian orators compose their speeches. Conversely, Socrates delivers, with great seriousness, an epitaph masterfully composed by Aspasia. The interpretative hypothesis is that Plato, at the level of the dialogue’s architecture, constructs a “philosophical epitaph” by assigning, within the dramatic setting, the authorship of a “paradigmatic epitaph” properly to Aspasia, a figure both marginal and integrated in the athenian democracy. Overall, Plato’s funeral oration, due to its enigmatic nature, may be read as a form of “serious play”, that is a puzzle meant to provoke reflection. The assumption is that, through a philosophical use of the epitaph and a brilliant “game of mirrors”, Plato offers a constructive critique of the democratic Athens, attempting to save the city from itself, if not in deeds, then at least in speech. Indeed, this oration celebrates an idealised and idyllic Athens, however, as suggested by the anachronism, it is only an imaginary and impossible city, that never existed and perhaps never will
UN ‘PRINCIPATO’ FAMILIARE DEL LIBRO: PRIMI APPUNTI PER LO SCRITTOIO DI GIAN MARIO FILELFO, AUTORE E COPISTA
No full textIl saggio affronta il fenomeno del libro d’autore quale strumento funzionale all’affermazione del concetto di responsabilità intellettuale (centrale nell’Umanesimo), indagando uno spazio di sperimentazione nuovo e finora inesplorato ottica: la famiglia. Il caso di studio esaminato, relativo ai Filelfo (Francesco e Gian Mario, padre e figlio), dimostra come una denominazione umanistica elevata a cognome (Filelfo) diventi elemento in grado di definire l’identità libraria di un casato, attraverso modalità editoriali riconoscibili nei contenuti e nelle forme, che diventano un marchio di fabbrica capace di contraddistinguere un atelier domestico sovrinteso dal capostipite. Attraverso questa prospettiva metodologica, originale e inclusiva, il contributo mette a disposizione un primo dossier ragionato di materiali (manoscritti, edizioni a stampa, testimonianze letterarie) indispensabili per la ricostruzione del profilo intellettuale di Gian Mario Filelfo, ancora ai margini degli studi per ragioni soprattutto pregiudiziali. In particolare l’articolo: fornisce alcuni specimina di riferimento per la sua mano latina, greca e volgare; aiuta a comprendere le ragioni storiche e culturali della funzione sfragistica da lui riservata a colophon e sottoscrizioni; decodifica l’uso massiccio dell’araldica come strumento di autenticazione filologica, valutandone affinità e differenze con quella di Francesco; evidenzia i margini di interrelazione nella produzione padre-figlio. Importanti novità di datazione e di interpretazione vengono qui fornite anche per la nota elegia di Gian Mario intitolata De voluminorum suorum numero.The essay looks at how the author's book can be used as a practical tool to back up the idea of intellectual responsibility (a key part of Humanism), and takes a new and never-before-explored approach by looking at the family as a subject for experimentation. The case study focused, that of the Filelfos (Francesco and Gian Mario, father and son) demonstrates how a humanistic name elevated to a surname (Filelfo) can define a family's literary identity through editorial methods recognisable in terms of both content and form. These methods can distinguish a domestic workshop overseen by the progenitor. Through this original and inclusive methodological perspective, the contribution provides an initial dossier of materials (manuscripts, printed editions, literary testimonies) that are indispensable for reconstructing the intellectual profile of Gian Mario Filelfo, who remains on the margins of scholarship for reasons that are primarily prejudicial. Specifically, the article provides specimens of his Latin, Greek and vernacular handwriting, explains the historical and cultural reasons for his use of sfragistics in colophons and subscriptions, and decodes his extensive use of heraldry as a philological authentication tool, evaluating its similarities and differences with Francesco's use of it. Additionally, it highlights the interrelationship between the father and son's work. Important new information on dating and interpretation is also provided for Gian Mario's well-known elegy De voluminorum suorum numero
