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]He and Ursula Hirschmann had three daughters: Silvia, Renata and Eva. His youngest daughter Eva was married with Indian economist Amartya Sen and they had a son, Kabir and a daughter, Indrani.

Works

L'estetica di Benedetto Croce: studio critico, 1932
(ed.) Leibniz, La Monadologia, 1935
Leibniz e il misticismo, 1938
'Filosofia e scienza', Analysis, 1947
'Apologo', Sigma, 1947
'I'dialoghi di Commodo', Sigma, 1949
'Critica filosofia e fisica teoria', Sigma, 1948
Scritt, Florence: La Nuova Italia, 1975

References

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.
↑ Geoffrey Hawthorn, 'Plan it mañana', London Review of Books Vol. 36 No. 17, 11 September 2014, pp.34-7
↑ 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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[BrownCollinson2012-1] 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

[Hirschman1970-3] 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.