Carlo Tullio Altan

Carlo Tullio Altan (30 March 1916 – 15 February 2005) was an Italian anthropologist, sociologist and philosopher. He was particularly known for his studies on the Italian national character,[1][2] and was considered one of the pioneers of Italian cultural anthropology.[3][4]

Altan was born at San Vito al Tagliamento, in Friuli. His son Francesco Tullio Altan is a popular comic books creator and satirist.

Selected bibliography

References

  1. Cavalli, Alessandro, Reflections on Political Culture and the "Italian National Character", Daedalus, 22 June 2001 (accessed via subscribtion 26 April 2010
  2. Angioni, Giulio, Un antropologo anti-italiano
  3. Robinson, Elisabetta, Carlo Tullio Altan, pioniere dell'antropologia culturale, Controluce, Anno XIV, No. 3, March 2005 (in Italian, accessed 26 April 2010)
  4. Galimberti, Umberto, Il filosofo pioniere dell´antropologia, La Repubblica, 16 February 2005, reprinted on Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore (in Italian, accessed 26 April 2010)

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