- Galvano Della Volpe
Galvano Della Volpe (1895-1968) was an Italian professor of
philosophy andMarxist theorist. In Italy, his work was seen by many as a 'scientific' alternative to the Gramscian Marxism which the PCI (among others) had claimed as its guide.Some of his most notable works include:
*"Critique of Taste" (
Verso Books , 1991).
*"Logic as a Positive Science " (Verso Books , 1980).
*"Rousseau and Marx: And Other Writings" (Lawrence and Wishart , 1987).He had a number of students and disciples including Ignazio Ambrogio, Umberto Cerroni,
Lucio Colletti , Nicolao Merker, Alessandro Mazzone, Armando Plebe, Mario Rossi, and Carlo Violi. [Epstein, Mark W. [http://litguide.press.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/access.cgi?uri=%2Fcgi-bin%2Fview.cgi%3Fsection_id%3D0404 "Della Volpe, Galvano," The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism] ]References
External links
* [http://www.filosofico.net/gdellavolpe1.htm Galvano Della Volpe: biography and overview of his work]
* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~fin6kgh/Dellavolpe/dellavolpe.html Galvano Della Volpe Home Page]
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