Filosofia, libertà, politica. Nota su Modernità, Secolarizzazione e Risorgimento. Studi in occasione del centenario della nascita di Augusto Del Noce

In this article I discuss a recent book on Augusto Del Noce’s political philosophy. The book - celebrating the centenary of Del Noce’s birth - offers a wide range overview on Del Noce’s philosophy. Moving from it, I try to point out some subject matters such as the role of philosophy in Del Noce’s conception on liberty and democracy. In Del Noce’s interpretation of modern and contemporary philosophy and politics: the “cornerstone” is the interpretation of Descartes’Cogito. Moving from Del Noce’s criticism of idealistic history of philosophy (and especially, the idea of necessity) his political thought can be understood as a liberal conservative philosophy, based on a personalistic view.