The essay reconstructs the role of Political Philosophy and the History of Political Thought in the evolution of the ‘Cesare Alfieri’ Institute in Florence, from its foundation to the present day. Through a historical and institutional analysis, it shows how these two fields of research occupied a hidden, albeit significant, role in the development of the Institute, later acquiring centrality in the political and cultural education of its students. The text traces the stages of academic autonomisation of the ‘History of Political Doctrines’ and ‘Political Philosophy’, highlighting methodological tensions, ideological influences and changes in the relationship with the other social sciences. Along this trajectory, key figures, institutional transformations and a constant confrontation with the European dimension of political knowledge emerge. The boundary between Philosophy and the History of Thought thus proves to be a fertile space, in dialogue with the major cultural and political changes that Higher Education has had to face.
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Chapter Title
Gli studi filosofico-politici e di storia del pensiero politico
Authors
Gianluca Bonaiuti
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0708-9.16
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Publication Year
2025
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Book Title
La Scuola di Scienze politiche “Cesare Alfieri” (1875-2025)
Editors
Fulvio Conti, Carlo Sorrentino
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Number of Pages
282
Publication Year
2025
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0708-9
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0695-2
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0708-9
eISBN (epub)
979-12-215-0709-6
Series Title
Dialoghi con la società
Series ISSN
2975-0210
Series E-ISSN
2975-0334