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Norberto Bobbio (October 18, 1909 – January 9, 2004) was an Italian philosopher of law and political sciences and a historian of political thought. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest He also wrote regularly for the Turin-based daily La Stampa. La Stampa (literally “The Press” is one of the best-known and most widely sold Italian daily Newspapers Published in Turin, it is distributed Bobbio was a liberal socialist in the tradition of Piero Gobetti, Carlo Rosselli, Guido Calogero, and Aldo Capitini. Liberalism is a broad array of related ideas and theories of Government that consider individual Liberty to be the most important political goal Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution Piero Gobetti ( June 19, 1901 – February 15, 1926) was an Italian journalist intellectual and radical liberal Carlo Rosselli ( 16 November 1899 - 9 June 1937) was an Italian political leader journalist historian and anti-fascist activist He was also strongly influenced by Hans Kelsen and Vilfredo Pareto. Hans Kelsen ( October 11, 1881 – April 19, 1973) was an Austrian American Jurist. Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto (vil'fredo pa'reto July 15, 1848 – August 19, 1923) or Fritz Wilfried Pareto, was an Italian

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Life and views

Bobbio was born into what his Guardian obituary described as ". The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. . . a relatively wealthy, middle-class Turin family" whose sympathies Bobbio would later characterize as "philo-fascist', regarding fascism as a necessary evil against the supposedly greater danger of Bolshevism". Fascism is a totalitarian nationalist and corporatist ideology The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists ( Большевик Большевист (singular, derived from bolshe, "more" were a faction In high school he met Vittorio Foa, Leone Ginzburg and Cesare Pavese, and at university he became a friend of Alessandro Galante Garrone. Leone Ginzburg ( April 4, 1909 – February 5, 1944) was an Italian editor writer journalist and teacher as well as an important Cesare Pavese ( September 9, 1908 &ndash August 27, 1950) was an Italian Poet, Novelist, literary critic and

In 1942, under the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini and during World War II, Bobbio joined the then illegal radical liberal party Partito d'Azione ("Party of Action") and was briefly imprisoned in 1943 and 1944. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Action Party ( Partito d'Azione, Pd'A was an Italian Political party. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He ran unsuccessfully in the 1946 Constituent Assembly of Italy elections. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Parliament of Italy ( Parlamento Italiano) is the national parliament of Italy. With the party's failure in a post-war Italy dominated by the Christian Democrats, Bobbio left electoral politics and focused back in academia.

A strong advocate of the rule of law, the separation of powers, and the limitation of powers, he was a socialist, but opposed to what he perceived as the anti-democratic, authoritarian elements in most of Marxism. The rule of law, in its most basic form is the principle that no one is above the law Separation of powers, a term ascribed to French Enlightenment Political philosopher Baron de Montesquieu, is a model for the Governance Democracy is a form of government in which the supreme power is held completely by the people under a free electoral system Authoritarianism describes a Form of government characterized by an emphasis on the Authority of the State in a republic or union Marxism is the political philosophy and practice derived from the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. He was a strong partisan of the "Historic Compromise" between the Italian Communist Party and the Christian Democrats, and a fierce critic of Silvio Berlusconi. The term Historic Compromise ( Italian: "compromesso storico") most commonly refers to the accommodation between the Italian Christian Democrats The Italian Communist Party (Italian Partito Comunista Italiano, or PCI emerged as the Communist Party of Italy ( Partito Comunista d'Italia) (born 29 September 1936 is an Italian politician, Entrepreneur, Real estate and Insurance Tycoon, Bank and Media proprietor Bobbio died in Turin, the same city in which he was born and lived most of his life.

Academic career and honors

Bobbio studied Philosophy of Law with Gioele Solari; he later taught this curriculum in Camerino, Siena, Padua, and ultimately back in Turin as Solari's successor in 1948; from 1972 to 1984, he had a chair in the newly created faculty of political science in Turin. Camerino is small town of 7000 inhabitants in the Marches ( Marche region in the Province of Macerata, Italy. Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Siena. Padua ( Padova 'padova Latin: Patavium, Padoa) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar)

He was a National Associate of the Lincean Academy and longtime director (together with Nicola Abbagnano) of the Rivista di Filosofia. The Accademia dei Lincei, (literally the " Academy of the Lynxes" but also known as the Lincean Academy) is an Italian science academy located Nicola Abbagnano ( 15 July 1901 – 9 September 1990) was an Italian existential Philosopher He became a Corresponding Associate of the British Academy in 1966; in 1979 he was nominated as Senator-for-life by Italian President Sandro Pertini. The British Academy is the United Kingdom 's National academy for the Humanities and the Social sciences It was established by Royal Charter Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) A senator for life is a member of the Senate elected or appointed for lifetime The President of the Italian Republic (Presidente della Repubblica Italiana is the Head of State of Italy, and as such is intended to represent national unity Alessandro (Sandro Pertini ( September 25, 1896 - February 24, 1990) was an Italian socialist, probably the most popular Bobbio received diplomas honoris causa from the Universities of Paris, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Bologna, and Chambéry. An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa ( Latin: 'for the sake of the honour' is an Academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding The historic University of Paris (Université de Paris first appeared in the second half of the 13th century The University of Buenos Aires (in Spanish Universidad de Buenos Aires - ( UBA) is the largest University in Argentina, founded on August The University of Bologna (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna UNIBO) is one of the oldest continually operating degree-granting universities in the world

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