L’invenzione greca dello sport. Anacarsi e l’antropologia pedagogica dell’agon

Il presente saggio intende leggere l’Anacarsi di Luciano di Samosata come un testo decisivo per comprendere la nascita culturale dello sport nella Grecia antica e, nello stesso tempo, per interrogare criticamente la lunga durata della sua eredità occidentale. L’ipotesi che guida queste pagine è che, nel dialogo lucianeo, l’agon si riveli non come un dato naturale del comportamento umano, ma come una “forma culturale” storicamente istituita, nella quale il corpo viene assunto entro un orizzont...

Key Approaches to the Study and Implementation of Self-Education as a Form of Continuous Learning

This article examines methodological approaches to self-education as one of the manifestations of lifelong learning. It analyzes existing concepts of self-education, taking into account age-related characteristics and types of learning. The interdisciplinary nature of the concepts of “self-education” and “self-direction” is explored, as well as the scientific categories of “self-learning” and “self￾organization” in higher education. The role of the mentor as a supporting link in the learning ...

Il “diritto di nominazione”. Un nuovo diritto per i bambini e le bambine nelle scuole italiane

Opera, nation, and stereotypes: deconstructing the role of lirica in shaping Italian identity and culture

Opera, once a regional and historically limited art form, has been transformed into a global stereotype that presents it as the essence of “Italian culture.” This paper reconstructs the cultural, political and commercial processes behind that transformation and shows how the operatic stereotype has generated romantic but reductive images of Italy, Italians and the Italian language, while overshadowing the country’s intellectual, scientific and industrial dimensions. Using cultural history, th...