Giovanni Gentile

Giovanni Gentile (1875 – 1944) was one of the major figures in the rise of idealism in Italy during the early twentieth century. A professor of philosophy at several Italian universities, Gentile also served in many political roles under Mussolini, for whom he acted as ghostwriter of “The Doctrine of Fascism” in 1931. He developed the system of philosophy known as actual idealism, in which the present act of thinking was the foundation of all human behavior. This book is Gentile’s application of idealist philosophy to the problems of art and aesthetics.

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