Angelo Bolaffi
Angelo Bolaffi (born May 31, 1946 in Rome ) is an Italian philosopher, political scientist and Germanist . Bolaffi is Professor of Political Philosophy at La Sapienza University .
Life
Even during his studies, Bolaffi was close to the left-wing intellectual spectrum. After receiving his doctorate in Rome in 1969, Bolaffi moved to the Free University of Berlin with the help of a grant from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 1973 . He translated texts by German and Austrian political scientists and philosophers, including Adorno , Marcuse , Tönnies , Fraenkel and Cassirer . In the circle of political activists, he also had contact with Rudi Dutschke at this time . From 1983 to 1984 he took over the chairmanship of Wolf-Dieter Narr at the Otto Suhr Institute of the Free University for two semesters .
From 2007 to 2011 he was director of the Italian Cultural Institute (Istituto Italiano di Cultura) in Berlin . Bolaffi is a member of numerous organizations, including the German-Italian Center “ Villa Vigoni ” in Menaggio , the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin, and the International Ernst Cassirer Society in Heidelberg. As one of Italy's most prominent Germany experts, he has dealt with German-Italian relations in numerous books and articles .
Publications (selection)
- 1980: La democrazia in discussione: interviste con Abendroth, Negt, Flechtheim, von Oertzen, Habermas, Narr, Bahro, Luhmann, Offe , De Donato, Bari.
- 1993: Left, what now? , Rotbuch, Berlin.
- 1993: Il sogno tedesco: La nuova Germania e la coscienza europea , Donzelli, Rome.
- 1995: The terrible Germans: a strange declaration of love , settlers, Berlin.
- 2000: Weimar , Donzelli, Rome.
- 2002: Il crepuscolo della sovranità. Filosofia e politica nella Germania del Novecento , Donzelli, Rome.
- 2014: crisis as an opportunity. Rethink Europe. In conversation with Peter Engelmann , Passagen, Vienna. ISBN 978-3-7092-0131-2 .
- Cuore inglese .
- 2014: German: German Heart, The Model Germany and the European Crisis , with Christine Ammann u. Antje Peter, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart, ISBN 978-3-608-94885-1
Web links
- Literature by and about Angelo Bolaffi in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Angelo Bolaffi , German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Bonn, accessed on December 1, 2014
- ↑ Angelo Bolaffi (Italian), University of Verona , "Infinitamente", Verona, accessed December 1, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bolaffi, Angelo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian philosopher, political scientist and Germanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |