This article argues that contemporary alpine practices reveal shifts in subjectivity from classical to late modernity. Changes include decline of traditional mountaineering, rise of sport climbing, and proliferation of ascensional exercises, redefining ascetic transcendence in line with immanentist individualism.
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-3369-5411
Chapter Title
Sul significato e sul senso dell’alpinismo. Le metamorfosi delle pratiche ascensionali al tempo del singolarismo
Authors
Dimitri D'Andrea
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0891-8.15
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Publication Year
2026
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Book Title
Homo Horizontalis
Book Subtitle
Ascesi fisiche e ascese alpinistiche
Editors
Mirko Alagna, Sara Benvenuti, Giovanna Lo Monaco
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Number of Pages
372
Publication Year
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0891-8
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0890-1
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0891-8
eISBN (epub)
979-12-215-0892-5
Series Title
FuoricEntro
Series ISSN
3035-5958