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Reimagining Democracy - On the Political Project of Adriano Olivetti (Paperback, 2012 ed.)
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Reimagining Democracy - On the Political Project of Adriano Olivetti (Paperback, 2012 ed.)
Series: The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences, 15
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In the journal articles, historiographical essays, and numerous
references to the political thought of Adriano Olivetti, the term
constantly used to characterize his thinking is 'utopia'. It is
from this word, or rather, the misuse of this word, where one can
begin to shed light on Olivettian political thinking. The term
'utopia', which has come to designate an entire vein of political
literature, has also entered into common usage to define an
impossible project, a wide-eyed dream; and a 'utopian' is that
individual who longs for abstract projects instead of concrete
ideas. It would be unproductive to resort to the diverse arguments
of Firpo, of Mannheim, or of Bloch, of the philosophers of the
Frankfurt School or others, since, as Giovanni Sartori has
observed, after the word ceases to exist - where utopia is
understood to mean impossibility - the impossibilities still
remain. So, precisely because the literature on the political
thought of Olivetti appears to suffer greatly from 'empirical'
influences, it seems necessary to confront the complexities of his
presumed utopianism with a methodological approach. This book
investigates the inherent 'impossibilities', if they indeed exist,
in the political thought of Olivetti. It also seeks to understand,
as a result, if the Olivettian ideal is lacking in any true
consistency, since it is secluded from an adequate analysis of
historical reality, or if it is, rather, an idealism which does not
lose sight of reality, in an attempt to overturn it as the basis
for a plausible global vision. This book will be of interests to
students and scholars in history, political economy and philosophy.
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