Edition: 2013
Pages: 90
Series: IdL
ISBN: 9788842093374
Pages: 90
Series: IdL
ISBN: 9788842093374
We can no longer afford the Welfare State. FALSE
RIGHTS SOLD TO:
Capitan Swing (Spagna)
Right or left, down with ideologies, hurray for banks: are these the choices that must be made to stay in Europe?
“Because Europe says so!” is one of the most oft-repeated phrases of these times of crisis and calls for sacrifices: we hear it repeated ad nauseam and we have internalized it to the point of not even questioning it anymore. But is it a true proposition? Or are we merely victims of a trope which is deeply rooted and slow to perish?
In this deftly-written pamphlet argued in brief paragraphs, Luciano Canfora illustrates how this phrase conceals a paradox of contemporary life: the transfer of decision-making power from the member states of a continent conceived as a political entity, when in reality it is no such thing.
The author
Luciano Canfora
Luciano Canfora, historian of the ancient world and an Italian philologist, is one of Italy’s foremost living intellectuals. Professor emeritus of Greek and Latin philology at the University of Bari, he is a member of the “Institute for the classical tradition” in Boston, of the “Fondazione Istituto Gramsci” in Rome, and directs the journal Quaderni di storia. His numerous studies, translated worldwide, are characterised by a multidisciplinary approach and a broad field of research. Among his most recent publications: Fermare l’odio; La metamorfosi; Il tesoro degli Ebrei. Roma e Gerusalemme; La democrazia dei signori; Catilina. Una rivoluzione mancata; Sovranità limitata.
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È l'Europa che ce lo chiede! Falso!
ma come fanno gli americani?
di Furio Colombo
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È l'Europa che ce lo chiede! Falso!
Si salvi chi può dall'eurocapestro
di Leonardo Petrocelli
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È l'Europa che ce lo chiede! Falso!
Ma come fanno gli americani?
di F. Colombo