The essay explores the merging, during the Italian "economic boom", of humanistic and social scientific cultures. This process was visible in glossy magazines financed by companies like Pirelli and IRI, where many intellectuals who were trained in the humanities went to work in sociology roles (for example, "Civiltà delle macchine") . But when employers began to demand that culture directly serve profit, these intellectuals started to critique the new sciences as tools of exploitation.

The Factory as Cultural Center

Zinato E.
2021

Abstract

The essay explores the merging, during the Italian "economic boom", of humanistic and social scientific cultures. This process was visible in glossy magazines financed by companies like Pirelli and IRI, where many intellectuals who were trained in the humanities went to work in sociology roles (for example, "Civiltà delle macchine") . But when employers began to demand that culture directly serve profit, these intellectuals started to critique the new sciences as tools of exploitation.
2021
Italian Industrial Literature and Film. Perspectives on the Representation of Postwar Labor
9781788745987
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
Zinato, The Factory as Cultural Center.pdf

accesso aperto

Descrizione: Versione dell'Editore
Tipologia: Published (publisher's version)
Licenza: Accesso gratuito
Dimensione 179.97 kB
Formato Adobe PDF
179.97 kB Adobe PDF Visualizza/Apri
Pubblicazioni consigliate

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11577/3395367
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus 1
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
  • OpenAlex ND
social impact