
Nicola Chiaromonte Grandi Opere Opere di Aurelio Saffi Opere di Gaetano Salvemini Opuscoli mazziniani dal fondo Ami all'Istoreco di Forlì Opuscoli socialisti dal fondo Schiavi della Biblioteca Saffi di Forlì Congresso per la libertà della cultura - libretti tracce da seguire Prima guerra mondiale "L'Unità" di Salvemini "Volontà" "politics" vai all'elenco completo ricordiamoli voci da ascoltare pagine da leggere |
About usReturning to the past - To reflect on the present ![]() The origins of the Library The idea of setting up a library, which would also be open to the public, started to become a realistic possibility when one of its founders, Gino Bianco, a journalist and militant socialist, bequeathed his personal archives to the Foundation (which already owned a substantial collection of texts on the Holocaust). The new archives added many important books on political culture; among them was a comprehensive collection of texts on the British labour movement and on the Socialist International, as well as a series of unedited manuscripts by the significant, if little known, intellectual, Andrea Caffi (a militant, libertarian socialist, who was imprisoned by the Tsarist, Leninist and Nazi regimes). There were also approximately two hundred rare issues of the anti-fascist weekly Giustizia e Libertà, dating from the years of the Spanish Civil War. It was Miriam Rosenthal Chiaromonte who subsequently gave further encouragement to the idea of setting up a library. She donated a complete collection of the American journal Politics (which is rarely available in Italy) for which Hannah Arendt, Simone Weil and Albert Camus wrote, among others. Miriam also gave a collection of books originally belonging to Andrea Caffi, and finally, on her death, she bequeathed a substantial part of her husband Nicola’s personal archives to the Foundation. Gino Bianco ![]() Photo: Gino Bianco (left) with Danilo Dolci in London (1959). ![]() The role of the Library The Library is primarily concerned with: The problem of memory, with particular reference to the genocides of the twentieth century, commencing with the Holocaust. Its main objective is to render this memory ‘alive’ so that its crucial importance is recognised, especially among younger generations.A reflection on what we have called ‘the other tradition’ – pertaining to the non-Marxist tradition of the socialist workers’ movement. In this respect, the Library is particularly interested in the militant journals of the twentieth century (‘minority’ rather than mainstream publications) with a view to promoting knowledge and understanding, especially among youth, as well as reflection and actualization.The issue of the rights of citizenship in Italy and in Europe, as well as of human rights in the world. In addition, a particular focus is given to practices of good citizenship, based on the democratic participation of citizens, as well as to general social, demographic and geopolitical problems linked to citizenship, and to the healthy functioning of democracies. Si ringrazia per la traduzione Miriam Bianco. |
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![]() ABC (46 numeri) ![]() ![]() La responsabilità degli intellettuali Ignotus, 1957La mentalità totalitaria Aron, 1955Descrizione del marxismo Caillois, 1950Il materialismo dialettico come filosofia di Stato Hook, 1954La nuova storiografia russa Gitermann, 1953Le due dittature Brancati, 1952Uscita di sicurezza Silone, 1949La libertà della cultura e la cultura di massa Reale, 1958Ernesto Buonaiuti Morghen, 1956La scelta dei compagni Silone, 1954 Vai all'elenco completo |