The Political Theory of Aldo Moro: A Research Project

Clementina Gentile Fusillo (Justita Centre for Advanced Studies)

 

The kidnap and murder in 1978 of Aldo Moro, five-times Christian Democrat Prime Minister of Italy, is today widely recognized as a key political event of the twentieth century. Yet, the focus on the tragic and obscure circumstances of his death have overshadowed Aldo Moro’s importance not only as a major political actor, but also and especially as a complex political thinker, one who remained Professor of Law throughout his political career. This presentation outlines a project which aims at providing the first comprehensive account of Moro’s political theory, investigating this across three dimensions: a contextual dimension, looking at the intellectual and political context of his work and his specific contribution to Christian Democratic ideology; a conceptual dimension, exploring the key concepts and central themes of his political thought; and a normative dimension, revealing the relevance of Moro’s radical view of Centre politics in addressing the challenges that populism and growing political polarisation pose for representative democracies today. 

Über die Referentin
Clementina Gentile Fusillo promovierte 2021 in Politik und Internationalen Beziehungen an der University of Warwick mit der Dissertation »On the Virtues of Truth: Generativity and the Demands of Democracy«. 2024/25 ist sie auf Einladung von Rainer Forst, Professor für Politische Theorie an der Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt am Main, und dem an der Universität angesiedelten Justitia Centre for Advanced Studies, das von der Alfons und Gertrud Kassel Stiftung gefördert wird, als Postdoctoral Fellow zu Gast am Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften.