Intertwining biographical method and autobiography. Massimo Quaini had shown much interest in the ‘egogeography’ genre, practiced by different French geographers. The work traces back, on the basis of published and unpublished writings, some significant aspect of the intellectual personality of the Italian geographer. In particular, passages are presented in which he recalls his scientific and professional training and some letters that account for the highly critical positioning towards academic power, against the management of competitions based on personal relationships rather than on scientific merits (to the detriment of the discipline itself). Some original documents testify the interest in history and philosophy and the acceptance of historical materialism that has shaped his youth work and, more generally, founded his interpretation of geographical reality.
University of Parma, Italy
Chapter Title
Raccontare, raccontarsi. Massimo Quaini fra biografia ed ‘egogeografia’
Authors
Luisa Rossi
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-322-2.23
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2021
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© 2021 Author(s)
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Book Title
Il pensiero critico fra geografia e scienza del territorio
Book Subtitle
Scritti su Massimo Quaini
Editors
Roberta Cevasco, Carlo Alberto Gemignani, Daniela Poli, Luisa Rossi
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
426
Publication Year
2021
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© 2021 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-322-2
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-321-5
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-322-2
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-323-9
Series Title
Territori
Series ISSN
2704-5978
Series E-ISSN
2704-579X