Società (Italian: Society) was an Italian communist cultural magazine published in Italy between 1945 and 1961.

Società
CategoriesCultural magazine
Frequency
  • Quarterly (1945-1954)
  • Bimonthly (1954-1961)
Founder
Founded1945
Final issue1961
CountryItaly
Based in
LanguageItalian

History and profile

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Società was founded as a quarterly magazine in Florence in 1945.[1][2] The founders were Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli, Cesare Luporini and Romano Bilenchi.[1] Bandinelli also directed the magazine.[3] In 1948 the magazine became closer to the Italian Communist Party (PCI),[1] but was not published by the party.[3] The headquarters was later moved to Rome,[2] and in 1954 its frequency was switched to bimonthly.[1]

Società featured Italian fiction and poetry and occasionally included some essays on the theater and the cinema.[2] It was one of the publications read by the Italian intellectuals, who had Gramscian views.[4] Giorgio Napolitano was one of the regular contributors of the magazine.[5] The magazine folded in 1961.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Lorenzo Bertazzi (2013). The 'Battle of Ideas': The Italian Communist Party's encounter with American culture after World War II (MA thesis). Uppsala University.
  2. ^ a b c Sergio J. Pacifici (Autumn 1955). "Current Italian Literary Periodicals: A Descriptive Checklist". Books Abroad. 29 (4): 409–412. doi:10.2307/40094752. JSTOR 40094752.
  3. ^ a b Francesco Cassata (Fall 2012). "The Italian Communist Party and the "Lysenko Affair" (1948-1955)". Journal of the History of Biology. 45 (3): 469–498. doi:10.1007/s10739-011-9286-4. JSTOR 41653571. PMID 21701868. S2CID 254539463.
  4. ^ Gino Moliterno, ed. (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. London; New York: Routledge. p. 409. ISBN 978-1-134-75877-7.
  5. ^ "President of Italy will Deliver Conference on Integration in Latin America and Europe". CEPAL. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  6. ^ Genna Caterina (2010). Guido De Ruggiero e "La Nuova Europa". Tra idealismo e storicismo: Tra idealismo e storicismo (in Italian). Milan: FrancoAngeli. p. 11. ISBN 978-88-568-2875-7.