New book by Roberto Nigro and Marco Spagnulo about Nicola Massimo de Feo
2025-06-04
La rivoluzione inquieta: Nicola Massimo de Feo vent’anni dopo
Roberto Nigro, professor of philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy and Art History at Leuphana University, and Marco Spagnuolo (Université Paris VIII/LLCP) published an anthology on the Italian philosopher Nicola Massimo de Feo. “La rivoluzione inquieta: Nicola Massimo de Feo vent'anni dopo” (Unease in the Revolution: Nicola Massimo de Feo Twenty Years Later). The book was published in 2025 by Manifesto Libri in the series “Critica e società”.
How can an alternative be conceived in the dark years of counterrevolution? Through tireless historical research on the struggles of the ‘other’ workers movement and a precise analysis of German philosophy and sociology during the German Empire, de Feo never ceased to question the long cycles of class struggle and its oppression. By questioning the past, his work illuminates our present.
This volume is dedicated to Nicola Massimo de Feo, who died more than 20 years ago. On the initiative of the Archivio de Feo, it contains the contributions of a two-day conference dedicated to his philosophical and political thought, thus making the work of this European philosopher, who has long been on the margins of contemporary discussion, accessible again to potential readers. The book also includes a text by de Feo in which the author analyzes the diverse experiences of class struggle, from the Paris Commune to the struggles of the early 1980s in Germany. Readers will see in it not only an account of the past, but also a description of the power relations that permeate our present and anticipate our future.
“Only the action of workers for their needs is revolutionary, because it seeks to destroy the exploitation and oppression that reproduce labor and the state order.” N.M. de Feo