Agalma: Rivista di Studi Culturali e di Estetica is an academic journal dedicated to cultural studies and aesthetics. It was founded in 2000 by the philosopher Mario Perniola and a group of Italian and international intellectuals. It was founded in response to the widely felt discontent with the international and Italian philosophical and cultural contexts at the time. Its purpose was to provide a forum for the theoretical work which was emerging around cultural studies and aesthetics in Italy. The title of the journal reflects its aims, contents, and orientation. “Agalma” is an ancient Greek word that means ornament, gift, image, and statue. It possesses a broad meaning in which economic value, aesthetic aspects, cultural studies, and symbolic power come together. The overall approach is to deal with wide-ranging cutting edge issues with the utmost methodological rigor, appropriate for an academic journal. The first part is usually monographic and connected to the theme of an international conference organized by the chair of Aesthetics of the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” and other cultural institutions. The most insightful contributions of each conference are published. The other sections include discussions, interviews, reviews covering a wide range of concepts associated to both Western and non-Western philosophical thought.
| Discipline | philosophy, cultural studies, aesthetics |
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| Language | Italian |
| Edited by | Mario Perniola |
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| History | 2000-present |
| Publisher | Mimesis (Italy) |
| Frequency | Semiannualy |
| ISO 4 | Find out here |
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| ISSN | 1723-0284 |
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Writers, intellectuals and scholars who have contributed to Agalma
- Jean Baudrillard
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Luc Boltanski
- Christine Buci-Glucksman
- Peter Burke
- Gian Carlo Calza
- Milo De Angelis
- Massimo Donà
- Gillo Dorfles
- Jean Galard
- Boris Groys
- Nathalie Heinich
- Shuhei Hosokawa
- Carsten Juhl
- Joseph Kosuth
- Bruno Latour
- Dieter Lesage
- Sarah F. Maclaren
- Michel Maffesoli
- William Marx
- Roberto Motta
- Atsushi Okada
- Ken-ichi Sasaki
- Richard Shusterman
- Hugh J. Silverman
- Jean-Marie Straub
- Ariano Suassuna