Domenico Losurdo

Italian scholar (1941-2018)

In the history of thought, Domenico Losurdo is one of the names that keeps being returned to.

The record lists Domenico Losurdo as Italian scholar (1941-2018).

Domenico Losurdo was born at Sannicandro di Bari in 1941. His recorded nationality is Italy. He studied at University of Urbino.

Twentieth-century philosophy was marked by war, exile and ideology; many of its central figures wrote in flight or under censorship.

His academic posts were held at University of Urbino.

The discipline keeps its dead in print, because the arguments are still open.

That the work was done from Italy matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.

Domenico Losurdo died in 2018, aged 77. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.

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