biography
pronunciation:
[krohchay]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1866–1952)
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| biography:
| Philosopher, historian, and critic, born in Pescasseroli, EC Italy. He studied at Rome, and in Naples devoted himself at first to literature and antiquarian studies, founding the review, La Critica (1903), and making major contributions to idealistic aesthetics in his Estetica (1902, Aesthetic) and La Poesia (1936, Poetry). His thought centres on his doctrine of ‘absolute historicism’, ie identity between life, reality, and history. In 1910 he became senator, and was minister of education (1920–1) when, with the rise of Mussolini, he had to resign his professorship at Naples. He was opposed to totalitarianism, and with the fall of Mussolini (1943) helped to resurrect Liberal institutions in Italy. |
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