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This book examines the historical process that led to the
foundation of the Italian Republic and its constitution, viewed
through the personal experiences and political reflections of
Adriano Olivetti (between 1919 and 1960), general manager and
president of the well-known typewriter manufacturer "Ing. C.
Olivetti & C." An unbroken line of reasoning linked his
maturing political reflections during the two post-war periods. The
historical context of the 1950s did not prove to be very
propitious, but the guidelines dispersed throughout the Italian
cultural and political world from the movement that Olivetti
founded were certainly seminal - generating a legacy of ideas that
has only in part been recognized. What makes this study distinctive
is the original approach to reading the history of Italy through
Adriano Olivetti's eyes and thoughts, far from the more common
Christian Democratic or Communist perspective of those years. It is
simply another view of what the Italian Republic could be and was
not.
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.
In A Companion to Antonio Gramsci some of the most important
Italian scholars of Antonio Gramsci's thought combine their efforts
to present an insightful and original intellectual portrait of one
of the 20th century's most influential Marxist thinkers.
Thematically organized into five parts, the volume focuses on the
Sardinian's most important contributions. The first section offers
readers a biographical sketch of Gramsci's life and work, the
second presents his theories of history, the third and fourth
examine his contributions to political theory, and the last deals
with Gramsci's legacy and enduring influence. Contributors include:
Alberto Burgio, Davide Cadeddu, Giuseppe Cospito, Angelo d'Orsi,
Michele Filippini, Guido Liguori, Marcello Montanari, Vittorio
Morfino, Stefano Petrucciani, Michele Prospero, Leonardo Rapone,
Giuseppe Vacca, and Marzio Zanantoni.
This book examines the historical process that led to the
foundation of the Italian Republic and its constitution, viewed
through the personal experiences and political reflections of
Adriano Olivetti (between 1919 and 1960), general manager and
president of the well-known typewriter manufacturer "Ing. C.
Olivetti & C." An unbroken line of reasoning linked his
maturing political reflections during the two post-war periods. The
historical context of the 1950s did not prove to be very
propitious, but the guidelines dispersed throughout the Italian
cultural and political world from the movement that Olivetti
founded were certainly seminal - generating a legacy of ideas that
has only in part been recognized. What makes this study distinctive
is the original approach to reading the history of Italy through
Adriano Olivetti's eyes and thoughts, far from the more common
Christian Democratic or Communist perspective of those years. It is
simply another view of what the Italian Republic could be and was
not.
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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