New books by Giorgio Baruchello to be presented in Genoa

Three new books by Giorgio Baruchello, Professor of Philosophy at the Faculty of Sociology, will be presented at the Feltrinelli bookshop in Genoa, Italy, on 1 December at 18:00.

The event will introduce a new trilogy in which Giorgio Baruchello uses humour and comedy plays to explore the ideas of three influential thinkers. An actor will perform a reading of selected passages from the plays, and the authors of the books’ forewords will be among the guests.

The books, titled A spasso con Diogene, Ridere con Schopenhauer and L’umorismo di Pirandello, explore Diogenes the Cynic, Arthur Schopenhauer and Luigi Pirandello respectively. Published by Crêuza de Mä Edizioni, they form part of the Piccola Biblioteca della Saggezza series.

Each book includes a short introduction to its subject, a selection of quotations where available, and a new comedy play inspired by his ideas. Together, they offer readers an accessible and playful way to engage with these thinkers.

UNAK collaborators among the guests

Carlo Penco, Professor at the University of Genoa, has written the foreword to the book on Schopenhauer. Roberto Buccola, a Jungian psychologist and longstanding collaborator of the University of Akureyri (UNAK), introduces the volume on Pirandello. Giovanni Robbiano, a filmmaker and screenwriter who has taught at UNAK as an Erasmus visiting lecturer, introduces the book on Diogenes. All three will be among the guests at the event.

A promotional tour of Italy is also being planned, and discussions are underway about possible stage productions of all three plays.