by Nuccio Ordine, Jordi Bayod Brau · Acantilado · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788477275534
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«La utilitat de l'inútil» is the philosophical manifesto by Nuccio Ordine, published by Quaderns Crema in paperback (168 pages).
The book champions the humanities and knowledge without immediate practical use against a culture obsessed with efficiency and performance. Ordine brings together voices of philosophers and writers to argue that the gratuitous and seemingly useless enrich existence and are essential to human dignity.
Volume 15 of the Quaderns collection. Includes an essay by Abraham Flexner and the translation from Italian by Jordi Bayod Brau.
A read for those interested in philosophy, the humanities, and the role of culture and education in contemporary society.
Nuccio Ordine was an Italian literary critic who was professor of Italian literature at the University of Calabria. He was one of the world's top experts on the Renaissance and the philosopher Giordano Bruno.
