In 2004 the Giorgio Cini Foundation promoted a new
cultural initiative called I Dialoghi di San Giorgio, with the aim of
encouraging dialogue and exchanges of views between experts from
various disciplines and cultural traditions on issues of crucial
importance to contemporary society.
The first edition of the
Dialoghi brought together a small group of internationally renowned
philosophers, historians, anthropologists and writers to reflect on and
discuss the theme of “Atmospheres for freedom. Towards an ecology of
good government”. The choice of subject for this book the “atmospheres
of politics” arose from the conviction that for some time now when
discussing the conditions required for the effective working of
democracy, politicians, philosophers and academics mainly focus on
laws, constitutions, and electoral methods in short the “procedures”.
Less attention, however, has been given to the analysis of the
“ecosystem” making visible the institutional forms of democracy, i.e.
that “atmosphere” so admirably portrayed, for example, by Lorenzetti in
the Palazzo Publico, Siena, in which good or bad government influences,
and at the same time is influenced by, every element in the social
landscape: from household economics to agriculture, trade and the forms
of social life. This meeting gave rise to a book entitled Les atmosphères de la politique. Dialogue pour un monde commun,
edited by Pasquale Gagliardi and Bruno Latour. Intended for a broad
French-speaking market, the book does not simply contain the proceeds
of the seminar but, by making creative use of the material from it,
presents the ideas expressed in a “dramatic” form.

Indice

Prologue
Personnages
Le soir avant le premier jour
Premier jour
Deuxième jour
Troisième jour
Épilogue
Notes

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