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Il pensiero debole come teologia politica.: La distinzione destra/sinistra e la sfida della gettatezza.
No full textThis essay proposes an interpretation of Gianni Vattimo’s pensiero debole as a form of political theology, centred on the management of “thirdness”—a name for all mediating structures that allow for social order. Working in the framework put forward by René Girard and Jean-Pierre Dupuy, rather than viewing the right/left divide as a mere political taxonomy, the text frames it ontologically: the right affirms exogenous fixed points (tradition, sacredness, law), while the left seeks endogenous foundations through deliberation and shared meaning. However, genuine emancipation demands recognition of a nonviolent, irreducible third: Heidegger’s Geworfenheit (thrownness). Without this acknowledgment, even leftist attempts at freedom risk giving rise to impersonal, alienating collective subjects. Only by integrating, also in its political implications, thrownness as an ontological limit—and simultaneously as a condition of every authentic projection—can weak thought sustain a truly liberating project. In this way, kenōsis, as a historical and theological weakening of metaphysical absolutes, becomes the key to imagining collective agency beyond domination, without erasing the conditions fo
The Thirteenth Amendment and Pan-American Emancipation
No full textThe year 2025 marks the 160th anniversary of the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, which finalized the total and immediate emancipation of the entire enslaved population of the newly reunited nation. The motivation behind the Lincoln administration’s emancipation policy was a combination of practical advantages and humanitarian idealism. The Emancipation Proclamation, issued in September 1862 and enacted in January 1863, played a crucial role in the Union’s effort to thwart European intervention on behalf of the Confederacy. The response of European liberals, notably Giuseppe Garibaldi, signaled a shift of popular sympathy abroad for the Union cause. Emancipation also entailed provisions for enlisting free and enslaved African Americans in the Union armed forces. They contributed about ten percent of the army, a vital addition that came at a crucial time in the war. Their service also helped lay the groundwork for claims to full citizenship after the war. The idea of a Constitutional amendment to definitively end slavery in the nation emerged after Lincoln’s landslide reelection in 1864, which Republicans viewed as a popular mandate for emancipation. The Thirteenth Amendment was the first of three Reconstruction-era amendments designed to enfranchise formerly enslaved people as full and equal citizens of the nation. Its rapid passage through Congress in January 1865 and its ratification by the states in December of that year were energized by a new commitment to the radical reconstruction of the South. By this act, four million humans were set free, the largest emancipation of its kind in history. It also signaled the end of slavery in its remaining bastions, the Spanish Caribbean and Brazil in particular, which held close to two million workers in slavery. The Union victory, Abraham Lincoln’s martyrdom, and the example set by US emancipation energized abolitionists in Spanish America, Brazil, Spain, and Europe to bring slavery to an end. Furthermore, US foreign policy under William Seward became deliberately antislavery during the Civil War. His successor, Hamilton Fish, exerted pressure on Spain to put slavery on the road to extinction. The impact of events, people, and ideas coming out of the American Civil War had immense and lasting influence on the world, not least in bringing slavery to an end
Kierkegaard, Pascal, e il modello socratico
No full textSocrates was a constant point of reference for Kierkegaard, but over time Kierkegaard modified and refined his understanding of the Athenian. In The Concept of Irony, Socrates begins and ends with ‘the knowledge of not knowing’, in the Concluding Unscientific Postscript and in the subsequent Notebooks he bets everything on the existence of God and on his own immortality. Finally, in the latest issue of The Instant, Socrates is indicated as the man who had in his own world a function similar to the one Kierkegaard recognized for himself in relation to Christianity. Pascal is mentioned for the first time in the Stages on Life’s Way and subsequently, with a certain frequency starting from the last months of 1850, in the Journals and Notebooks, where one appreciates, among other things, the underlining of the probabilistic nature of many presumed certainties. It is possible that reading Pascal, a man of faith who insists both on the impossibility of not choosing and on the use of reason that can prepare and guide choices, and finally on the formation of a habit that must favor choices prompted by the human need for meaning, has helped to confirm Kierkegaard in his understanding of the figure of Socrates
Gianni Vattimo y la revolución debolista: Ontología estética, teología política y hermenéutica de la historia actual
No full textIt is a matter of showing the hermeneutical links that the title of this paper mentions. To this end, the First Vattimo [who operates a leftist reading of Nietzsche and Heidegger, starting from Gadamer and Pareyson in order to transform the historicist and positivist Metaphysics of History thanks to the occurrence of the interpretative truth of being in the work of art] is distinguished from the Second Vattimo, whose turn (Kehre) to a hermeneutical Christianism culminates the ontology of space-time in the advent of a possible kenotic-communitarian political theology and weakening of all violence. To do this, we follow the methodological thread of distinguishing-gathering the plane of the concrete affects, concepts and perceptions that come into play in this research
Tra fisica e metafisica: Vattimo e la tecnica
No full textGianni Vattimo’s reflections on technology are influenced not only by Heidegger, but also by Aristotle, to whose concept of poiesis he dedicated his first book Il concetto di fare in Aristotele. This is important, because in Aristotle we find a characterization of technology, not in terms of presence or presentification (to a metaphysical determination in relation to substance, as is the case with the late Heidegger), but as a realm in which the contingency of the world — and thus of history — appears. For Aristotle, techne lies “alongside" physics and metaphysics, both of which understand their objects as timeless, necessary and unchanging. Based on this Aristotelian view of technology, Vattimo understands the metaphysization of technology as a kind of naturalization (as Marx would also say) of the productions of human activity (praxis and poiesis), which in fact corresponds to a forgetting of its historical origin. This forgetting is the true root of the degeneration of technology into Gestell. We could therefore come to the conclusion that technology as such is not a form of presentification, but on the contrary a form of de-presentification - or historicization - of reality, and therein lies its emancipatory potential
Il carteggio fra Felice Casorati e Angelo Genocchi: rinnovamento scientifico e nuovi approcci didattici nell’Italia post-unitaria - The correspondence between F. Casorati and A. Genocchi: scientific renewal and new teaching approaches
No full textThe aim of this article is to analyse the correspondence between the mathematicians Angelo Genocchi (1817-1889) and Felice Casorati (1835-1890), in order to investigate the impact that they had on the innovation of mathematics teaching and research in Italy after its Unification. The correspondence covers twenty years (1865-1886), with a total of 26 letters, of which 11 were sent by Casorati and 15 by Genocchi, plus a letter from Emil Weyr to Casorati. Recent historiography, which also agrees with the opinion of Vito Volterra, brings out a portrait of Casorati as a man who “lived almost exclusively for his pupils and his school”. The same cannot be said of Genocchi: an innovator, but one to be downplayed, according to other historians. Therefore, it is precisely to shed light on this ambiguity that the analysis of the correspondence with Casorati is inserted, whose topics are solely concerned with teaching and research. It is also intended to highlight how Genocchi’s contribution improved mathematical teaching at the University of Turin, as well as the original results he achieved in number theory. In this regard, after retracing their respective biographies, the panorama of mathematical teaching at the dawn of Unity will be given, without neglecting the Analysis courses they held in Pavia and Turin. Casorati and Genocchi interacted rather well one with another: a first example is the Casorati’s treatise Teorica delle funzioni a variabile complessa to which Genocchi made a notable contribution, and the active commitment of both in supporting excellent young scholars, both for candidacies in competitions and for career opportunities abroad. Finally, evidence from this correspondence will clarify how their divergences in practical approach to the subjects were due to cultural and generational factors, as their objectives are often aligned, at least in their teaching and research intentions
Sustainable approach for socio-ecological development of urban areas
No full textResilient and inclusive city design has become essential for a sustainable future for urban areas in ecologically sensitive zones in the face of rapidly increasing urbanization and development. This paper explores the multifaceted dimensions of resilient and inclusive urban planning, focusing on its significance amidst urban expansion and socio-economic disparities affecting the corresponding ecologically sensitive areas. Drawing upon interdisciplinary literature and case studies, the paper examines the theoretical underpinnings and practical applications of resilience and inclusivity within urban planning frameworks. The ability of cities to endure and rebound from a variety of shocks and strains, such as natural disasters, the effects of climate change, and socioeconomic upheavals, is referred to as resilience. In contrast, inclusivity emphasizes the equitable distribution of resources, opportunities, and decision- making power among diverse urban populations, including marginalized groups and vulnerable communities. This study clarifies the relationship between resilience and inclusivity in the planning of urban areas by synthesizing theoretical discourse and actual evidence. It highlights the importance of integrating eco-sensitive approaches, adaptive strategies, and participatory mechanisms to foster resilience and inclusiveness in urban development processes. Furthermore, the paper underscores the role of governance structures, policy frameworks, and stakeholder engagement mechanisms in promoting resilient and inclusive urban environments. By critically examining the challenges, opportunities, and best practices associated with resilient and inclusive city planning, this paper contributes to advancing knowledge and informing policy discourse toward fostering sustainable and equitable urban development pathways
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No full textFrom Network Science to Social Impact: Rethinking Smart Cities and the Role of the Italian Third Sector
No full textThis article explores the potential to adapt and reinterpret the model of the “eight urban networks” (CEEC), developed in China to promote intelligent and inclusive ecosystems, within the Italian context. Rooted in network science and aimed at fostering equity, efficiency, and social cohesion, the CEEC model is examined through a comparative lens in relation to practices within the Italian Third Sector, particularly the role of Type B social cooperatives and place-based impact platforms.
Through a literature review, an analysis of emerging urban policies, and a qualitative exploration of the Torino Social Impact case, the study highlights value-based and operational convergences, systemic differences, and enabling conditions for building impactful urban networks. A conceptual framework is proposed to integrate the contribution of social enterprises into urban governance processes, offering new perspectives for designing inclusive, sustainable, and civically engaged cities