2015 Program
Event #19 BIS
Matteo Nucci
Oedipus’ eyes and Plato’s complex
Deserted and lonely, having lost the bright-eyed perspective through which he’d believed he could understand himself and the world, Oedipus appears, at the end of one of the most famous Greek tragedies (Sophocles’ Oedipus), as the most unhappy of men. But what fault did he have? Which were his responsibilities? Destiny had orchestrated the worst possible lot for his life, for him who had always pursued honesty and propriety, to the point of being considered “the best of mortals”. Bearing witness to such a catastrophe of human knowledge from the seats of the Athens theatre, a well-to-do young man nicknamed Plato cried desperately. Soon after, having grown into a man, he would attempt to overturn the curse, proving that knowledge of good can only bring happiness. Yet his titanic endeavour did not reach full success. What prevented the greatest philosopher of ancient times from achieving his dream?
Matteo Nucci is author of novels, short stories, reportages and essays. He published the novels Sono comuni le cose degli amici (Ponte alle Grazie, 2009) and È giusto obbedire alla notte (Ponte alle Grazie, 2017) both finalist at Premio Strega, together with the novel-essay Il toro non sbaglia mai (Ponte alle Grazie, 2011) and L’abisso di Eros (Ponte alle Grazie, 2018). He translated the translation of Plato’s Symposium (Einaudi, 2009) and the narrative essays Le lacrime degli eroi (Einaudi, 2013) and Achille e Odisseo. La ferocia e l’inganno (Einaudi, 2020). His short stories have been published in collections and magazines, and his reportages on Il Venerdì di Repubblica and L’Espresso and online on minima et moralia. He is editor of a taurine culture website: www.uominietori.it. In September his latest novel Sono difficili le cose belle will be published by HarperCollins.
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Alessandro Barbero
The historian's responsibility. Gaetano Salvemini: from Socialist interventionism to anti-Fascism
Event #8Approfonditamente
Marco Rossi-Doria, Giulia Tosoni
Kids and school: what, how and where are they learning
Event #13Approfonditamente
Adolfo Ceretti, Simonetta Agnello Hornby, Alfredo Verde
Gender-based violence: Perpetrators, victims and models of intervention.
Event #22
Alessandro Barbero
The historian’s responsibility. Marc Bloch: from the Sorbonne to the Gestapo prisons
Event #25Approfonditamente
Marco Belpoliti, Gianfranco Marrone, Anna Stefi
Laziness, fatigue, and our constant running
Event #26
Eugenio Borgna, Simonetta Fiori
Knowing ourselves and knowing others: a different way of being responsible
Event #35
James R. Flynn, Armando Massarenti
Without an alibi: a voyage across life’s greatest questions
Event #38
Alessandro Barbero
The historian’s responsibility. Ernst Kantorowicz: from the Freikorps to McCarthyism
Event #57Children / Kids
Sante Bandirali e Lorenza Pozzi di uovonero
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