Quaderni piacentini
| Categories |
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|---|---|
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Final issue | 1984 |
| Country | Italy |
| Based in | Piacenza |
| Language | Italian |
Quaderni piacentini (Italian: Piacenza Notebooks) was a leftist political and cultural magazine which was published in Piacenza, Italy, between 1962 and 1984 with some interruptions. The magazine was one of the theoretical-political media outlets of the New Left.[1]
History and profile[edit]
Quaderni piacentini was founded by Piergiorgio Bellocchio and Grazia Cherchi in Piacenza in 1962.[2][3] It followed the tradition of Il Politecnico, Milan-based Communist cultural and literary magazine between 1945 and 1947.[4]
Quaderni piacentini was published bimonthly until 1980[5] and ceased publication in 1984.[3] The magazine was directed by Piergiorgio Bellocchio.[5] From 1971 it was directed by a management committee.[5] The magazine covered articles on the student movement of 1968 and on criticism of capitalist society.[5] After 1965 it began to feature discussions about the American civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and the Chinese Cultural Revolution.[3]
The contributors of Quaderni piacentini were critical of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) and other leading communist groups of the period in Italy.[2] The reason for this opposition against the PCI was the party's nonrevolutionary policy.[3] Although the Quaderni piacentini writers did not have a homogenous ideology, they were all adherents of the anti-moderate, anti-reformism and libertarianism.[3] They also had a pro-Chinese stance.[6] Notable contributors of Quaderni piacentini included Franco Fortini, Goffredo Fofi, Giovanni Giudici[5] and Alberto Asor Rosa.[3] The magazine was read mostly by leftist university students.[4] In 1968 and 1970 it managed to sell 13,000 copies.[3][4]
There are some books about Quaderni piacentini,[4] one of which was published by Giacomo Pontremoli in 2017.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Valdo Spini (January–April 1972). "The New Left in Italy". Journal of Contemporary History. 7 (1–2): 58. doi:10.1177/002200947200700103. JSTOR 259757.
- ^ a b c Matteo Marchesini (June 2017). "Sui "Quaderni piacentini"" (in Italian). Il blog di Claudio Giunta. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g Fabio Guidali (2020). "Culture and political commitment in the nonorthodox Marxist Left: the case of Quaderni piacentini in pre-1968 Italy". History of European Ideas. 46 (6): 862–875. doi:10.1080/01916599.2020.1756892.
- ^ a b c d "Piergiorgio Bellocchio e i Quaderni piacentini". La letteratura e noi (in Italian). 3 August 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Quaderni piacentini". Treccani (in Italian).
- ^ Marco Gabbas (2022). "The origins of Italian Maoism". The Global Sixties. 15 (1–2): 81. doi:10.1080/27708888.2022.2144248.