anti-semitism

A racist and anti-semitic romanità. The racial laws of 1938 and the Institute of Roman Studies

This article offers a close reading of the initiatives following the racial laws promoted by the Institute of
Roman Studies, an institution operating in synergy with the political culture and imperial ambitions of the fascist regime
by supporting and influencing its rhetoric of romanità and the use of symbols and myths of the “Third Rome”. Refusing
the interpretation of racial laws as a temporary phase of Italian history completely alien to the country’s cultural context,

The “Jewish question” and the question of being: Heidegger before and after 1945

In this paper, I explain why I have chosen the expression “metaphysical
anti-Semitism” to characterize Heidegger’s position in the Black
Notebooks. In this context, the strong connection between the
question of being and the “Jewish question” is important. My thesis
is that Heidegger ties Judaism to metaphysics with a Gordian knot.
His ontological, theological, and political accusations against the
Jews do not derive from common racism, but from this knot. After
1945, Heidegger does not change his position and does not recognize

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