Ugo Spirito - Wikipedia Ugo Spirito From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Ugo Spirito (September 9, 1896, Arezzo – April 28, 1979, Rome) was an Italian philosopher; at first, a fascist political philosopher and subsequently an idealist thinker. He has also been an academic and a University teacher. Contents 1 Early life 2 Fascism 3 Academic career 4 References 5 Further reading Early life[edit] Spirito undertook academic study in law and philosophy.[1] He was initially an advocate of positivism although in 1918, whilst attending Sapienza University of Rome, he abandoned his position to become a follower of the Actual Idealism of Giovanni Gentile.[2] By the age of 22 he was a self-proclaimed fascist and actualist.[2] Fascism[edit] Spirito's particular interest in fascism was corporatism and he came to discuss the subject in depth through the journal Nuovi Studi di Diritto, Economica e Politica.[2] He wrote extensively on his favoured topic of 'integral corporatism', a system where ownership would be concentrated in the hands of workers rather than shareholders.[3] This belief in integral corporatism was sometimes equated with a commitment to common ownership.[4] Effectively therefore he represented the left-wing of fascism by supporting corporatism as a means of mass nationalisation and was the butt of criticism from other fascists who accused him of Bolshevism.[5] Spirito's economically left-wing ideals did not come to fruition in Fascist Italy and in the later years of fascism Spirito fell out of favour with Benito Mussolini.[2] Indeed, in 1942 he even attempted to publish a book of his theories, entitled Revolutionary War, but permission was denied by Mussolini.[6] Academic career[edit] Outside of his involvement in fascist politics Spirito held professorships at the University of Pisa, University of Messina, University of Genoa and at Rome itself.[2] Initially his academic attention was taken up with economics and criminal law but later in his career he became more interested in philosophical questions.[1] In terms of publications he served as editor of the Giornale Critico della Filosofia Italiana and the Enciclopedia Italiana and as joint director of the Nuovi Studi di Diritto, Economica e Politica.[1] References[edit] ^ a b c Philip Rees, Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890, Simon & Schuster, 1990, p. 371 ^ a b c d e C.P. Blamires, World Fascism - A Historical Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, 2006, p. 629-30 ^ Roger Griffin, Fascism, Oxford University Press, 1995, p. 68 ^ P. Davies & D. Lynch, Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right, 2002, p. 241 ^ Stanley G. Payne, A History of Fascism 1914-45, Routledge, 1995, p. 220 ^ Stanley G. Payne, A History of Fascism 1914-45, Routledge, 1995, p. 387 Further reading[edit] Italian Antonio Cammarana, Proposizioni sulla filosofia di Giovanni Gentile, prefazione del Sen. Armando Plebe, Roma, Gruppo parlamentare MSI-DN, Senato della Repubblica, 1975, 157 Pagine, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze BN 758951. Antonio Cammarana, Teorica della reazione dialettica : filosofia del postcomunismo, Roma, Gruppo parlamentare MSI-DN, Senato della Repubblica, 1976, 109 Pagine, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze BN 775492. Antonio Russo, Ugo Spirito. Dal positivismo all'antiscienza, Milano, Guerini editore, 1999, 240 Pagine. Authority control BNF: cb12173938z (data) GND: 119301105 ICCU: IT\ICCU\CFIV\094133 ISNI: 0000 0001 1032 5843 LCCN: n79135090 LNB: 000116612 NTA: 073701351 PLWABN: 9810688815105606 SUDOC: 027402959 VcBA: 495/12948 VIAF: 110011444 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n79135090 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ugo_Spirito&oldid=899012969" Categories: 1896 births 1979 deaths People from Arezzo Idealists Italian fascists Sapienza University of Rome alumni University of Pisa faculty Sapienza University of Rome faculty 20th-century Italian philosophers University of Messina faculty Hidden categories: Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ICCU identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with LNB identifiers Wikipedia articles with NTA identifiers Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with VcBA identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version Languages Eesti Italiano مصرى Polski Português Edit links This page was last edited on 27 May 2019, at 09:43 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers Contact Wikipedia Mobile view Developers Statistics Cookie statement