The archive of the Italian National Association of University Teachers sheds light on the little-known contribution a vanguard of university teachers gave to the reform process of Italian Universities, which started in 1968 after the failure of the Italian bill n. 2314. ANDU immediately identified itself in Giorgio Spini’s leadership: he was Professor of history at the Faculty of Education of the University of Florence, and he brought together union leadership and constant political and cultural work, which could show the problem with universities was a long-term matter. The student movement has been one of ANDU’s main dialogue partners from the beginning, and the association has always supported their initiatives, condemning the police repression and the closing of the academic authorities. In this context, the right to education becomes the primary goal of the university reform, not only for overcoming its classist nature, but also for significantly contributing to question the relations among classes and the balance of power in the Italian society.
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University of Florence, Italy
Book Title
Il '68 dei professori: l'Associazione nazionale docenti universitari, Giorgio Spini e la riforma dell'Università
Book Subtitle
Atti del Convegno L'archivio dell'ANDU (1968-1971) tenuto a Firenze il 23 settembre 2016
Editors
Lucilla Conigliello, Chiara Melacca
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
130
Publication Year
2018
Copyright Information
© 2018 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-733-7
ISBN Print
978-88-6453-732-0
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6453-733-7
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-096-0
Series Title
Proceedings e report
Series ISSN
2704-601X
Series E-ISSN
2704-5846