Luciano Pellicani

Luciano Luigi Pellicani (born 10 April 1939 in Ruvo di Puglia[1]) is an Italian sociologist, journalist and university professor.

Academic career

He was awarded a degree in Political Science from the University of Rome in 1964. In 1971 he obtained a degree in Political Sociology and in 1981 became a professor of that subject. He has taught at the University of Urbino and at the University of Naples.

In 1984 he became Professor of Political Sociology at the Faculty of Political Science at LUISS.[2]

In 1985 he became Director of the journal Mondoperaio.[3]

Political career

He has been a collaborator of the Italian Socialist Party and then the Italian Democratic Socialists. In 2006 he was a candidate to the Italian senate for the Rose in the Fist coalition of parties.[4]

Publications

His essay "The Genesis of Capitalism and the Origins of Modernity" was translated to English and published by Telos Press in 1994.[5]

"Revolutionary Apocalypse: Ideological Roots of Terrorism" was published by Praeger in 2003.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://docenti.luiss.it/pellicani/
  2. ↑ http://docenti.luiss.it/pellicani/
  3. ↑ http://www.brunoleoni.it/nextpage.aspx?codice=9015
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070101212739/http://www.rosanelpugno.it/rosanelpugno/candidati_rosa_nel_pugno
  5. ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=87NmAV45bLQC
  6. ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rUYyhMxHqnQC
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