Category Archives: Books

“We can say that the family is the unit of the state; that it is the cell that makes up the formation. [...] If we are not of those who begin by invoking a divine Trinity, we must none the less invoke a human Trinity; and see that triangle repeated everywhere in the pattern of…

Rethinking human sexuality is a very important task, especially in a cultural context such as ours, in which social and work transformations offer behavioral models that are characterized by a remarkable sexual indeterminacy. In Man or Woman. A difference that matters, Antonio Malo, professor of anthropology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, tries…

"We are all born original, but many die as photocopies": so the young Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 and was proclaimed servant of God in 2016, explains how many young people, instead of making use of their own unique gifts, using them to serve others, they give into a consumerist mentality that…

"A hero is a simple man. Rather than being strong and powerful, he is someone who accomplishes an extraordinary and generous act of courage that involves or leads to self-conscious sacrifice in order to protect the good of others or the common good." Oscar Di Montigny It is a hot and humid morning, the type…

Original Title: Io e gli altri. Dall’identità alla relazione, Edusc, Roma 2010. Antonio Malo Pascal said that "all the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber" (Pensées, n. 139). Pascal’s tough judgment is not simply a tirade against activism, but a defence of the need…

Maria d'Alessio. Rai Eri, Rome 2009 By Norberto González Gaitano “"He liked Dragon Ball so much that I had to buy him the entire series or else he would throw a tantrum. Then to make him behave, I told him that if he obeys me, I would buy him the action figures. I have no…

Alfonso Méndiz Noguero. Madrid, IC-Media Net Publicaciones 2010. By Fabrizio Piciarelli "I don't see perfumes and creams, but seduction." This is the direct and illuminating affirmation of a marketing director of a well-known multi-national cosmetic company, with which Professor Alfonso Méndiz Noguero opens his book Values in Advertising: A New Ethical and Commercial Approach. A…

Choosing a film 2010 . Armando Fumagalli and Luisa Cotta Ramosino. Ares, Milano 2010 By Enrique Fuster This book, which contains reviews of over 150 Italian films released in theaters in the 2009-10 season, disproves the famous saying that defines a film as "something that is written in two years, shown in theaters for in…

Nicholas Carr: The Shallows. What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, Norton, New York 2010 The book's subtitle perfectly captures its aim: to explore how the Internet is influencing our long-term thinking, i.e., what side effects are generated from the increasing use of Internet and therefore the logic of the network. Carr tries to…