PRESS RELEASE (30/01/2017)
Wednesday, February 1, a Loano, the second round of the seminar series “Brown Zones - social-nationalisms and the crisis of democracy”, organized by the’A.N.P.I of Loano in collaboration with the Stella del Carmo Association, under the auspices of the Municipality of Loano.
The public meeting of character historical and political, which will kick off at 9 p.m. at Civic Library, will be dedicated to the theme “War zones“.
Prof. John Zanelli will reconstruct social-nationalism's vocation for war with a focus on the political climate on the eve of the two world wars. The talk by Prof. Luigi Vassallo will focus on the question of the legitimacy of war in democracies. It will ask whether it is right to export democracy by force.
The evening will include the introduction of topics by professors Zanelli e Vassallo and then the interventions of the participants.
“The main theme of the seminar series will be the social-nationalism, or that political tendency to associate the exaltation of the nation with the social question. - The organizers explain -Through reflection on the past, with particular attention to the first decades of the 20th century, an attempt will be made to define a historical-political category for understanding the present. The goal of the initiative is to stimulate the formation of a critical consciousness through participatory discussion. Numerous and rich will be the starting points from which to build together a path of formation and consciousness raising.‘.
