The Ethics of Giacomo Leopardi: A Philosophy for the Environmental Crisis

Abstract

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Vices, trifles and illusions -- Problematising works -- Barbarous times in the Zibaldone -- The general spirit of the age in the Operette -- Exonerating humanity -- 2 Dreams and vision -- A philosophy that aims to cure in the Canti -- The property of works of genius: Should laughter or pity prevail? -- The limits of Leopardi's thought -- Resignifying Leopardi today -- Conclusion: Planetary solidarity -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.