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Stoic pragmatist ethics in the time of pandemic
2021
Abstract The present paper is a response, of sorts, to the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID) and lockdown that we all must face. We have an idea of what doctors, nurses, teachers, among many of the other professions, do for the general public, but one may ask whether there is something substantial that philosophers and ethicists can offer in these circumstances. The thesis of this paper is that the stoic attitude towards times of trouble and the pragmatist way of finding out what is possible to elevate the quality of living against all odds, if skilfully interwoven, could be an important tool in keeping mental health in good shape and, additionally, could contribute to the cult…
Sul far del giorno
2016
Edizione critica dell'autobiografia del Premio Nobel per la Letteratura Wole Soyinka, corredata di Prefazione e Note della curatrice, che ne è anche la traduttrice, di una cronologia storica, di mappe geopolitiche della Nigeria dall'indipendenza, e di un apparato fotografico pubblicato in Italia in anteprima mondiale. Soyinka, classe 1934, drammaturgo, poeta, saggista, romanziere e attivista politico è stato il primo autore africano a essere insignito del Premio Nobel per la Letteratura. In questo avvincente memoir, racconta le proprie vicende di artista, intellettuale e attivista militante nella sua Nigeria e nel palcoscenico del mondo, in cui da sempre porta le voci dell'Africa. Nel lingu…
At the Roots of Finnish Cultural Policy: Intellectuals, Nationalism, and the Arts
2007
In this article we argue that the role of intellectuals was essential (1) in the formation of Finnish cultural policy and (2) for the development of national cultural administration and public arts subsidy system in the country in the period leading up to World War II. The actions of the intellectuals can be considered as political choices in a contingent sociopolitical realm, and arts as an essential part of the signifying system. In Finland, intellectuals remained active in the intertwining areas between the state and civil society. We highlight the impact of their actions especially through a study of archival materials obtained from the State Arts Boards. At these Boards, the intellectu…