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Days of the Cavemen? : Adorno, Spengler, and the Anatomy of Caesarism
2021
Abstract This article addresses the controversial question of Theodor W. Adorno’s debt to right-wing Zivilisationskritik by a close reading of his essay “Spengler after the Decline” (1950). The article shows that despite Adorno’s harsh polemics against Oswald Spengler’s Decline of the West (1918, 1922), he sought to make Spengler’s analysis of Weimar Germany’s undemocratic tendencies—“Caesarism”—serve progressive ends. However, Adorno’s essay was not just an effort at “coming to terms with the past” in Adenauerian West Germany. Reading the essay’s original 1941 version together with Adorno’s correspondence with Max Horkheimer sheds light on Spengler as an overlooked key (next to Max Weber, …
Should We Use Dexmedetomidine for Sedation in Parturients Undergoing Caesarean Section Under Spinal Anaesthesia?
2017
Il sogno dell'ascesa al trono di Teodosio nell'Epitome de Caesaribus
2007
L’Epitome de Caesaribus fornisce una versione originale rispetto all’ascesa al trono di Teodosio, che sarebbe stata preannunciata da un sogno, attraverso cui è spiegato il nome del futuro imperatore in quanto a Deo natus. Nell’articolo è indagato il contesto in cui può essersi formata la versione di un imperatore voluto da Dio.
“Buoni e cattivi esempi”. Cicerone, Cesare e l’ombra di Silla
2021
The exemplum, one of the tools of persuasion indicated by ancient rhetoric, is used by Cicero in Caesarian Orations with a careful strategy: the exemplary modeling of Caesar allows to define the boundaries of the correct management of res publica. Therefore, in the Pro Marcello Caesar is already presented as a “visible” exemplum, while in the following Pro Ligario the paradigm of Sulla (i.e. that of a dictator guided by crudelitas) becomes effective in admonishing Caesar from a possible degeneration of power.
Gioacchino Ventura e Napoleone III: la résurrection de l’Empire comme celle du jour de Pâques
2019
Starting from the observation of Luigi Sturzo who interpreted Gioacchino Ventura’s French period as a phase of involution of his political thought, this essay examines Ventura’s reflections on the 2 December coup d’état. In order to understand the reasons that pushed the Sicilian Theatine to exalt, after the enthusiastic adherence to the ideals of ‘48, the Second Empire as a consecration of a divine plan aimed to preserving the sovereignty, to support the Church, and to reject the advance of a democracy opened to socialist demands, the analysis will focus on the political judgments expressed in the preaches of 1857 held in the imperial chapel of the Tuileries.
Cesarea di Mauretania: la piccola Grecia di Giuba II, tra bronzi e marmi
2020
Punic Iol, renamed Caesarea in honour of Augustus under Juba II, and promoted by the latter to the rank of capital of the kingdom of Mauretania entrusted to him by the princeps in 25 B.C., underwent a splendid phase of development on the model of Hellenistic cities precisely between the end of the 1st century B.C. and the first part of the 1st century A.D. It is very probable that Juba II, who had grown up in Rome, had provided Caesarea with a port, as the intense trade with the Iberian Peninsula, Gaul and Italy, from whose marble quarries material was extracted for architectural constructions and decorations, as well as from those in Greece, would prove. Caesarea has returned a complex of …
Impact of mode of delivery on levator morphology: a prospective observational study with three-dimensional ultrasound early in the postpartum period
2011
Please cite this paper as: Albrich S, Laterza R, Skala C, Salvatore S, Koelbl H, Naumann G. Impact of mode of delivery on levator morphology: a prospective observational study with three-dimensional ultrasound early in the postpartum period. BJOG 2012;119:51–61. Objective To evaluate morphology and integrity of the levator ani muscle (LAM) with three-dimensional ultrasound early in the postpartum period. Design Prospective cross-sectional observational study. Setting University hospital in Germany. Population Women after vaginal delivery and caesarean section with no previous vaginal delivery. Methods Three-dimensional perineal ultrasound was performed between 48 and 72 hours postpartu…
Quid meruere nepotes. Responsabilità e merito nella Pharsalia di Lucano
2017
Il contributo indaga l’epos lucaneo ricostruendo i contesti in cui compaiono nel poema meritum e derivati, immagini che coinvolgono tanto la nozione di merito quanto quella di responsabilità. Si tratta di un’oscillazione ben visibile ed operante all’interno dell’opera, dove tali accezioni tornano con frequenza a scandire tanto le azioni dei protagonisti quanto i severi giudizi del narratore. The paper deals with Lucan’s Pharsalia, reconstructing the contexts in which meritum and derivatives appear, images that both involve the notion of merit as that of responsibility. It is a highly visible and active presence within the poem, where such meanings frequently appear, characterizing both the …
Survey on Current Postnatal Surgical Management of Myelomeningocele in Germany.
2016
Background and Study Aims Although postnatal surgery can be regarded as the standard of care for open myelomeningocele (MMC), there is no uniform treatment for this condition in Germany. This study assessed the current situation regarding the management of open MMC, a first and essential step toward the development of standards of practice. Patients and Methods In the second half of 2009, we had sent standardized questionnaires to 139 neurosurgery departments and 73 pediatric surgery departments (number of returned questionnaires: 98 and 62, respectively) to identify the principles of MMC management. Newborns with open MMC are treated in 57 of the neurosurgery departments and in 18 of the…
Nerva nell'Epitome de Caesaribus
2007
L’ampio e documentato capitolo che l’Epitome de Caesaribus dedica al breve impero di Nerva mette in luce l'interesse dell’anonimo autore per diversi aspetti del periodo. In particolare evidenza sono i dati originali che l’Epitome apporta in materia di politica fiscale e di liberalitas imperiale, l’accurata descrizione di specifici eventi in cui si segnala l’ostilità dello storico nei confronti dei milites che agiscono con violenza e disprezzo della volontà imperiale, e la rappresentazione di personaggi che hanno avuto relazione con l’ambiente di corte. Emerge così il peculiare giudizio dello storico su Nerva: l’epitomatore è sfuggito al rischio di appiattimento indotto dalla preponderante f…