The cycle of meetings starts again for a new edition “Let’s read today”, the events that mark the collaboration between the Pordenonelegge.it Foundation and the Antonio Zanussi Student House and offer important ideas for reflection and debate on social and cultural themes, starting from the pages of books.
Tuesday April 23 at 6pm in Pordenone in the Auditorium of Zanussi Housewe start with a focus on the very recent essay “History of the Christian Democracy 1943 – 1993”, published by the Il Mulino publishing house. Two of the three authors of the volume will stop in Pordenone: the historian Guido Formigoni and the political scientist Paolo Pombeni who, together with Giorgio Vecchio, sign this detailed reconstruction of the history of the DC, opening up a broad rereading of contemporary Italian history. The President of the Pordenonelegge.it Foundation, Michelangelo Agrusti, will speak with them. The meeting is free, subject to availability. Reservations by registering on the website www.pordenonelegge.it (under mypnlegge). Info: Tel. 0434.1573100.
The book
The essay reconstructs fifty years of political history of the country, retracing the historical story of the Christian Democracy. Was the DC really the “party of the nation”? This was also the case, the authors explain, especially in the final part of his story. But it was first of all a party with plural souls that pursued the democratic and constitutional reconstruction of the country, projecting it into an unprecedented European horizon. A Catholic-inspired party that contributed to lifting Italy out of poverty, the humiliation of the war catastrophe and international isolation, through many personalities of high competence and moral value. In the essay, 50 years of generations that have taken turns at the helm of the Christian Democracy flow. Thirty years after his death, the definition of the role of the DC in the history of Italy still oscillates between demonization and regret, without settling into a balanced historicization. Guido Formigoni teaches contemporary history at the IULM University of Milan. Among the books published by him, Il Mulino stands out: «Essential history of republican Italy» (2021). Paolo Pombeni is professor emeritus at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Bologna. With the Mulino he also published «The opening. Italy and the centre-left (1953-1963)”. Giorgio Vecchio taught contemporary history at the University of Parma and is president of the scientific committee of the Alcide Cervi Institute and that of the Don Primo Mazzolari Foundation. Among his most recent publications «The breath of the Spirit. Catholics in the European Resistances” (Viella, 2022), in addition to the curatorship of “Emilio Sereni. The intellectual and the politician” (Carocci, 2019).
