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Lettera internazionale 93 (2007)
93 (2007)
Guerra e pace [War and peace]
Guerra e pace
War and peace
Una preghiera di Guerra
The war prayer. Praying for the victory of one side means that someone else will lose and die. Nobody wins a war, ever
Occidente e islam: una guerra senza fine
West and Islam: an endless War
Terrorismo e imperialismo
Terrorism and Imperialism. The Unites States foreign policy sees the war against terrorism as an alibi to promote its imperial mission, putting human rights at stake
Tra falchi e colombe
Between hawks and doves. Why are hawks always right when important political decisions have to be taken? Why are politicians inclined to listen to them? Some psychological and strategic answers
Breve storia della tortura
A short story of torture. Western countries fighting against terrorism after 9/11 apply torture, forgetting human rights and the Geneva Conventions
Dove comincia l'Oriente
Where the East begins. The East and the West: only a geographical expression which has no reference in history where the two have always fed each other
Iran tra due mondi
Iran between two worlds
Teheran, ieri e domani
Tehran, yesterday and tomorrow. Tehran, a town with no identity, is the symbol of modern Iran, waiting for a radical change that will come from young people
Scene di vita iraniana
Sketches of Iranian life. Satirical short-stories describing life in contemporary Iran
Marx, l'islam, il cristianesimo e la rivoluzione
On Marx, Islam, Christianity & revolution. Foucault visited Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In this interview, from 1978, he compares the Iranian revolution to the American and French ones. Analogies and old contradictions
Il passato che non passa
A past that doesn't pass
Il sogno
The Dream. Written in November 1943, this is possibly the first short-story on life and death in an extermination camp
Lo scrittore e la liceale
The writer and the schoolgirl. An interview with Primo Levi on the twentieth anniversary of his death
I sopravvissuti
The survivers. An interview with a Torinese Jew telling the story of a proud town where many writers were born
L'ebraismo come solitudine
Judaism as loneliness. Is Judaism a religion or a sort of existential condition? The identity of a people and their solitude in history
Il piacere dei sensi
The pleasure of Senses
Il sacro e il profano
The sacred and the profane. A reflection on the importance of the feast in ancient times as a moment of general licence to give new energy to human life and nature
Ascensione al Monte di Venere
Ascension to the Mountain of Venus. Written in 1896, this short-story by the great French writer and poet is a narrative counterpart to Wagner's greatest creations
L'arte e l'emozione
Masters of emotions. Art is not only a way to knowledge, but also an emotional path to a better comprehension of ourselves
Il piacere dell'ascolto
The pleasure of listening. Music and pleasure: of repetition or discovery? The answer lies perhaps in sex...
Piccola genealogia dei sensi
For a genealogy of senses. To our five senses we should add a sixth: the sensual perception of love
Stratagemma d'amore
Tricks of love. A defence of sexual freedom in the form of an amusing "comedy" where all the roles are inverted...
Sguardo anatomico
Anatomic view. Female bodies at the cinema. How and why the female body, even in its most private functions, is portrayed in the most recent film productions
Terra e Caos
Earth and chaos. A reflection on transgression by the great French thinker
Uomini e dèi
Men and gods
Idoli
Idols. A surreal note on religious devotion in the polytheistic India
Il corpo di Dio
God's body. How Jesus became Christ. The holiness of God has a human origin