Data di Pubblicazione:
2021
Citazione:
The cultural roots of Ventotene’s manifesto: the Spinelli’s perspective / P. Graglia. - In: ANNALS OF THE FONDAZIONE LUIGI EINAUDI. - ISSN 2532-4969. - 55:2(2021), pp. 49-62. [10.26331/1150]
Abstract:
Altiero Spinelli was one of the authors of the Ventotene Manifesto, may be the
most cited document of the Italian/European resistance, and the less read in fact.
This article helps to trace back several elements of Spinelli’s vision at the base of the
intellectual elaboration that resulted in the document, and also tries to delineate the
Spinelli contribution to the document, taking account of some aspects of his political
approach and formation.
It follows Spinelli through his reading of Hegel, Kant, Nietzsche, Mosca, Machiavelli
and Meinecke, all authors read in prison and during the confinement. Spinelli
adopted their views on power and revolutionary élites, confronting them with
his political activism as a young Communist with a persistent penchant for a Leninist
view of the importance of political leadership, “without losing sight of the values
of civilization”. The result can be considered, to some extent, critical. The vision
enshrined in the Ventotene Manifesto represented a challenging attempt to redefine
the categories of the political action, immediately provoking a wide debate in the
non-communist areas of the antifascist movement.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
European Union; Ventotene manifesto; Altiero Spinelli; Ernesto Rossi;
Elenco autori:
P. Graglia
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