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Anthology of the Works of Ugo Spirito
Series: - Value Inquiry Book Series, Volume: 344
- Value Inquiry Book Series Online, Volume: 344
- Values in Italian Philosophy, Volume: 344
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The Anthology of the Works of Ugo Spirito captures the trajectory of Ugo Spirito’s complex body of thought that spanned more than fifty years, from 1921 to 1977. While confronting difficult contemporary problems related to philosophy and science, liberalism and socialism, fascism and communism, and other economic and ideological aspects such as corporativism and democracy, Spirito revealed a persistent desire to reach truth and the absolute. Yet, he also voiced his failure to remain faithful to any philosophical or political system considered definitive and unquestionable. Unable to reach incontrovertibility, he consistently dissected the prevailing contemporary ideas and systems, including his own beliefs, developing at the same time the ‘antinomic’ approach, a method of critical analysis that undermined any truth reputed irrefutable. Today, Spirito stands as one of most anti-conformist Italian thinkers for he challenged the certainties of modern thought.
Anthony G. Costantini taught Italian culture and literature at California State University Northridge since 1988. He has published articles, monographs, and reviews on Italian novelists and translated into English Ugo Spirito’s Memorie di un incosciente into English as Memoirs of the Twentieth Century.
Foreword
Daniel B. Gallagher
Guest Foreword
Giovanni Dessì
Preface
Editor’s Introduction Ugo Spirito: A Profile
1 A Life-Long Passion for Truth
1.1 Introduction
1.2 “Autobiografia Filosofica.” In Storia della mia ricerca (pp. 11–25)-[Translation]
2 Positivism
2.1 Introduction
2.2 “Verso il nuovo idealismo.” In Il nuovo idealismo italiano (pp. 7–9)-[Translation]
2.3 “Il concetto di Scienza”. In Scienza e filosofia (pp. 104–105)- [Translation]
3 Pragmatism
3.1 Introduction
3.2 “L’antinomia non risolta”. In Il pragmatismo nella filosofia contemporanea (pp. 118–127)-[Translation]
4 Actual Idealism
4.1 Giovanni Gentile’s Actual Idealism
4.2 Ugo Spirito and Giovanni Gentile
4.3 “Giovanni Gentile”. In Giovanni Gentile (pp. 13–36)-[Translation]
4.4 “Attualismo costruttore”. In Scienza e filosofia (pp. 35–43)- [Translation]
5 Criminal Law
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Storia del diritto penale italiano. Da Cesare Beccaria ai nostri giorni (1974, pp. 224–229)-[Translation]
6 Fascism
6.1 Introduction
6.2 “Lo sviluppo del fascismo” (pp. 315–320)-[Translation]
7 Corporativism
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Dall’attualismo al problematicismo (pp. 172–176)-[Translation]
7.3 Ugo Spirito’s Corporativism
7.4 “Individuo e Stato nell’economia corporativa”. In Capitalismo e corpo-rativismo (pp. 3–15)-[Translation]
7.5 “Il corporativismo come liberalismo assoluto e socialismo assoluto.” In Capitalismo e corporativismo (pp. 27–44)-[Translation]
7.6 Interpretation of a Programmed Economy
7.7 L’economia programmatica corporativa”. In Capitalismo e corporati- vismo (pp. 113–127)-[Translation]
8 Problematicism
8.1 Introduction: Birth of Problematicism
8.2 La vita come ricerca (pp. 7–18)-[Translation]
8.3 Life as Art
8.4 La vita come arte (pp. 17–18; 20–21)-[Translation]
8.5 Aspects of the Problematic Life
8.6 Il problematicismo (pp. 44–50)-[Translation]
8.7 Life as Love
8.8 La vita come amore (pp. 32–36)-[Translation]
8.9 Theory of Omnicentrism
8.10 Inizio di una nuova epoca (pp. 275–280)-[Translation]
9 Communism within Problematicism
9.1 Introduction
9.2 “Comunismo russo.” In Comunismo russo e comunismo cinese (pp. 6–23; 34–44)-[Translation]
9.3 “Comunismo cinese.” In Comunismo russo e comunismo cinese (pp. 63–64; 70–78; 86–97)-[Translation]
10 Science within Problematicism
10.1 Introduction
10.2 “Il problema della scienza”. In Atti del ix Convegno del Centro di Studi filosofici ta professori universitari (pp. 40–42)-[Translation]
10.3 Attempts to Overcome Problematicism
10.4 “L’avvenire della scienza”. In Inizio di una nuova epoca (pp. 132–149)-[Translation]
10.5 Science and Metaphysics
10.6 Storia della mia ricerca (pp. 49–53)-[Translation]
10.7 Dal mito alla scienza (pp. 24–34)-[Translation]
10.8 Observations on Science and Technology
10.9 “Scienza e tecnica nel mondo d’oggi”. In Nuovo Umanesimo (pp. 43–56)-[Translation]
11 Democracy within Problematicism
11.1 Introduction
11.2 “La funzione della democrazia”. In Critica della democrazia (pp. 202–218)-[Translation]
12 Culture within Problematicism
12.1 Introduction
12.2 “Significato del nuovo umanesimo.” In Nuovo umanesimo (pp. 37–40)-[Translation]
12.3 “Critica dell’educazione dell’uomo europeo.” In Nuovo umanesimo (pp. 79–83)-[Translation]
12.4 “Cultura per pochi e cultura per tutti.” In Nuovo umanesimo (pp. 87–93)-[Translation]
13 Antiscience in the New Problematicism
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Storia della mia ricerca (pp. 117–118; 120–123)-[Translation]
14 End of Communism
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Il comunismo (1979, pp. 74–75)-[Translation]
14.3 End of Communism
14.4 “Tramonto del comunismo”. In La fine del comunismo (pp. 30–34)-[Translation]
14.5 “La fine del comunismo”. In La fine del comunismo (pp. 42–46)-[Translation]
14.6 A Review of Programmed Economy
14.7 Dall’attualismo al problematicismo (pp. 55–59)-[Translation]
15 End of Self-Awareness
15.1 Introduction
15.2 “La fine dell’autocoscienza”. In Storia della mia ricerca (pp. 167–178; 180–184; 186)
16 Positivism Reviseted
16.1 “Il positivismo non è finito”. In Giornale critico della filosofia italiana (pp. 15–25)-[Translation]
A Manifesto of Anti-Positivism
B My Positivism
C Positivism of Human Sciences
17 State of Unawareness
17.1 Introduction
17.2 “Il metodo della mia ricerca” in Che cosa sarà il futuro (pp. 13–17)-[Translation]
17.3 “L’incoscienza” in Memorie di un incosciente (pp. 27–28; 38–43); “State of Unawareness” in Memoirs of the Twentieth Century (pp. 27; 33–34)-[Translation]
Appendix
Works Cited
Bibliography
Index
Daniel B. Gallagher
Guest Foreword
Giovanni Dessì
Preface
Editor’s Introduction Ugo Spirito: A Profile
1 A Life-Long Passion for Truth
1.1 Introduction
1.2 “Autobiografia Filosofica.” In Storia della mia ricerca (pp. 11–25)-[Translation]
2 Positivism
2.1 Introduction
2.2 “Verso il nuovo idealismo.” In Il nuovo idealismo italiano (pp. 7–9)-[Translation]
2.3 “Il concetto di Scienza”. In Scienza e filosofia (pp. 104–105)- [Translation]
3 Pragmatism
3.1 Introduction
3.2 “L’antinomia non risolta”. In Il pragmatismo nella filosofia contemporanea (pp. 118–127)-[Translation]
4 Actual Idealism
4.1 Giovanni Gentile’s Actual Idealism
4.2 Ugo Spirito and Giovanni Gentile
4.3 “Giovanni Gentile”. In Giovanni Gentile (pp. 13–36)-[Translation]
4.4 “Attualismo costruttore”. In Scienza e filosofia (pp. 35–43)- [Translation]
5 Criminal Law
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Storia del diritto penale italiano. Da Cesare Beccaria ai nostri giorni (1974, pp. 224–229)-[Translation]
6 Fascism
6.1 Introduction
6.2 “Lo sviluppo del fascismo” (pp. 315–320)-[Translation]
7 Corporativism
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Dall’attualismo al problematicismo (pp. 172–176)-[Translation]
7.3 Ugo Spirito’s Corporativism
7.4 “Individuo e Stato nell’economia corporativa”. In Capitalismo e corpo-rativismo (pp. 3–15)-[Translation]
7.5 “Il corporativismo come liberalismo assoluto e socialismo assoluto.” In Capitalismo e corporativismo (pp. 27–44)-[Translation]
7.6 Interpretation of a Programmed Economy
7.7 L’economia programmatica corporativa”. In Capitalismo e corporati- vismo (pp. 113–127)-[Translation]
8 Problematicism
8.1 Introduction: Birth of Problematicism
8.2 La vita come ricerca (pp. 7–18)-[Translation]
8.3 Life as Art
8.4 La vita come arte (pp. 17–18; 20–21)-[Translation]
8.5 Aspects of the Problematic Life
8.6 Il problematicismo (pp. 44–50)-[Translation]
8.7 Life as Love
8.8 La vita come amore (pp. 32–36)-[Translation]
8.9 Theory of Omnicentrism
8.10 Inizio di una nuova epoca (pp. 275–280)-[Translation]
9 Communism within Problematicism
9.1 Introduction
9.2 “Comunismo russo.” In Comunismo russo e comunismo cinese (pp. 6–23; 34–44)-[Translation]
9.3 “Comunismo cinese.” In Comunismo russo e comunismo cinese (pp. 63–64; 70–78; 86–97)-[Translation]
10 Science within Problematicism
10.1 Introduction
10.2 “Il problema della scienza”. In Atti del ix Convegno del Centro di Studi filosofici ta professori universitari (pp. 40–42)-[Translation]
10.3 Attempts to Overcome Problematicism
10.4 “L’avvenire della scienza”. In Inizio di una nuova epoca (pp. 132–149)-[Translation]
10.5 Science and Metaphysics
10.6 Storia della mia ricerca (pp. 49–53)-[Translation]
10.7 Dal mito alla scienza (pp. 24–34)-[Translation]
10.8 Observations on Science and Technology
10.9 “Scienza e tecnica nel mondo d’oggi”. In Nuovo Umanesimo (pp. 43–56)-[Translation]
11 Democracy within Problematicism
11.1 Introduction
11.2 “La funzione della democrazia”. In Critica della democrazia (pp. 202–218)-[Translation]
12 Culture within Problematicism
12.1 Introduction
12.2 “Significato del nuovo umanesimo.” In Nuovo umanesimo (pp. 37–40)-[Translation]
12.3 “Critica dell’educazione dell’uomo europeo.” In Nuovo umanesimo (pp. 79–83)-[Translation]
12.4 “Cultura per pochi e cultura per tutti.” In Nuovo umanesimo (pp. 87–93)-[Translation]
13 Antiscience in the New Problematicism
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Storia della mia ricerca (pp. 117–118; 120–123)-[Translation]
14 End of Communism
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Il comunismo (1979, pp. 74–75)-[Translation]
14.3 End of Communism
14.4 “Tramonto del comunismo”. In La fine del comunismo (pp. 30–34)-[Translation]
14.5 “La fine del comunismo”. In La fine del comunismo (pp. 42–46)-[Translation]
14.6 A Review of Programmed Economy
14.7 Dall’attualismo al problematicismo (pp. 55–59)-[Translation]
15 End of Self-Awareness
15.1 Introduction
15.2 “La fine dell’autocoscienza”. In Storia della mia ricerca (pp. 167–178; 180–184; 186)
16 Positivism Reviseted
16.1 “Il positivismo non è finito”. In Giornale critico della filosofia italiana (pp. 15–25)-[Translation]
A Manifesto of Anti-Positivism
B My Positivism
C Positivism of Human Sciences
17 State of Unawareness
17.1 Introduction
17.2 “Il metodo della mia ricerca” in Che cosa sarà il futuro (pp. 13–17)-[Translation]
17.3 “L’incoscienza” in Memorie di un incosciente (pp. 27–28; 38–43); “State of Unawareness” in Memoirs of the Twentieth Century (pp. 27; 33–34)-[Translation]
Appendix
Works Cited
Bibliography
Index
All interested in the philosophy and culture of twentieth-century Italy. Readers will become acquainted with a thinker who was not afraid to challenge the prevailing philosophical schools, ideologies, and political solutions that took place during his long intellectual life from the early ‘20s to the late ‘70s while offering new ways of thinking and capturing new intellectual moods that parallel European inquiry.