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Monte Oliveto nei ‘Commentarii’ di Enea Silvio Piccolomini

Il contributo prende in esame la visita di Pio II (Enea Silvio Piccolomini) all'abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore alla luce della narrazione da lui stesso offerta nei Commentarii e di quanto attestato da altre fonti. Si discute inoltre della figura di Ambrogio Piccolomini, ritenuto tra i fondatori dell'Abbazia, la esistenza non trova riscontro documentario

Rileggere il maschio camaleonte. Strutture patriarcali e servizi religiosi nell’era AKP

La rivoluzione del mondo. Figure della soggettività in Max Weber

Max Weber never developed a comprehensive theory of political revolution. Yet, his work is scattered with references to revolutionary actors: religious fanatics, diehard idealists, anarcho-insurrectionists, successful people’s leaders. Figures who set themselves against the world with violence, in order to achieve justice on earth or bear witness to their principles. Although intermittent, Weberian reflection on revolutionary subjectivity questions the relationships between politics, ethics a...

Max Weber e i comunisti. Considerazioni intorno all’etica del fine ultimo

Although Weber’s relationship with communists has been largely neglected by scholars, the aim of this paper is to argue that these figures play a fundamental role for the Weberian reflection on ethics and politics. Firstly, the author will examine Weber’s statements on the Bolsheviks and Spartacists from 1917 onwards. She will then focus, secondly, on Politics as a Vocation, showing how the revolutionary action of the communists is traced by Weber back to a form of ethic of result that i...