Eugenio Colorni

Eugenio Colorni (22 April 1909 - 20 May 1944) was an Italian philosopher and anti-fascist activist.[1]

Life

Born in Milan, Colorni taught philosophy at the University of Trieste, and was active in the anti-fascist Giustizia e Libertà movement. He married Ursula Hirschmann, and was an important influence on her brother Albert O. Hirschman,[2] who dedicated his book Exit, Voice, and Loyalty to Colorni's memory.[3] Colorni was one of the promoters of the Ventotene Manifesto and an early instigator of the European Federalist Movement. In 1938 he was arrested for his anti-fascist political activity. He escaped but was killed in Rome by a Nazi ambush in 1944, shortly before the Allies arrived.[1]

Works

References

  1. 1 2 Lyas, Colin (2012). "Colorni, Eugenio". In Stuart Brown; Diane Collinson; Robert Wilkinson. Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers. Routledge. pp. 259–6. ISBN 978-1-134-92795-1.
  2. Geoffrey Hawthorn, 'Plan it mañana', London Review of Books Vol. 36 No. 17, 11 September 2014, pp.34-7
  3. Hirschman, Albert O. (1970). Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States. Harvard University Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-674-27660-4.
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