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Empirismo eretico

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In Empirismo eretico Pier Paolo Pasolini raccoglie nel 1972 i suoi interventi critici e polemici intorno a tre nuclei tematici fondamentali: la lingua, la letteratura e il cinema. Si tratta dunque dell'officina in cui Pasolini riflette sulla propria attività artistica e nel contempo affina i propri strumenti espressivi di poeta, di romanziere e di regista cinematografico.
Scritti tra la fine degli anni Sessanta e l'inizio del decennio successivo, questi articoli e saggi sono il frutto dell'impegno estetico, sociale e politico – nel senso più alto e ampio del termine – di Pasolini, e mettono in luce il suo ruolo in un periodo ricco di novità, fermenti e contrasti. E, con le sue prese di posizione spesso provocatorie, Empirismo eretico (qui accompagnato da una prefazione di Guido Fink) diventa la testimonianza di una appassionata, generosa e impervia ricerca della verità.

302 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1972

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Pier Paolo Pasolini

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Italian poet, novelist, critic, essayst, journalist, translator, dramatist, film director, screenwriter and philosopher, often regarded as one of the greatest minds of XX century, was murdered violently in Rome in 1975 in circumstances not yet been clarified. Pasolini is best known outside Italy for his films, many of which were based on literary sources - The Gospel According to Saint Matthew, The Decameron, The Canterbury Tales...

Pasolini referred himself as a 'Catholic Marxist' and often used shocking juxtapositions of imagery to expose the vapidity of values in modern society.
His essays and newspaper articles often critized the capitalistic omologation and also often contributed to public controversies which had made him many enemies. In the weeks leading up to his murder he had condemned Italy's political class for its corruption, for neo-fascist terrorist conspiracy and for collusion with the Mafia and the infamous "Propaganda 2" masonic lodge of Licio Gelli and Eugenio Cefis.

His friend, the writer Alberto Moravia, considered him "the major Italian poet" of the second half of the 20th century.

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O PCI para os jovens é um texto do caraças para pensar o activismo dos estudantes universitários
O resto confesso que não percebo nem conheço o suficiente para pensar criticamente o que ele fala sobre cinema, mas que escreve bem escreve!
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