Overview
- Examines the political writings and intellectual commitments of Adriano Olivetti
- Argues for Olivetti as a seminal figure in modern Italian politics
- Uncovers alternate visions of twentieth-century Italian politics
Part of the book series: Italian and Italian American Studies (IIAS)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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About this book
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 Republiccould be and was not.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Davide Cadeddu is Associate Professor of History of Political Theory at the University of Milan, Italy. He is author of Reimagining Democracy: On the Political Project of Adriano Olivetti (Springer, 2012) and editor of several Olivetti’s books, such as L’ordine politico delle Comunità (Edizioni di Comunità, 2021) and Società Stato Comunità (Edizioni di Comunità, 2021).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Towards and Beyond the Italian Republic
Book Subtitle: Adriano Olivetti’s Vision of Politics
Authors: Davide Cadeddu
Series Title: Italian and Italian American Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76139-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-76138-7Published: 13 July 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-76141-7Published: 14 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-76139-4Published: 12 July 2021
Series ISSN: 2635-2931
Series E-ISSN: 2635-294X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 263
Topics: History of Italy, Modern History, Political History