Michela Marzano
Illustration — Michela Marzano Maria Michela Marzano (born 20 August 1970) is an Italian researcher, philosopher and writer. Politically connected to the Italian left, she was elected a Member of the Italian Parliament for the Democratic Party in February 2013.
Michela Marzano

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- Born
- 1970. · Rome.
- Nationality
- Italy.
- Occupation
- politician, writer, philosopher, university teacher, editorial columnist and sociologist.
- Fields
- political philosophy and ethics.
- Education
- University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore.
- Honours
- Bancarella Literary Prize and Mondello Prize.
- Languages
- Italian and French.
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Illustration — Michela Marzano Maria Michela Marzano (born 20 August 1970) is an Italian researcher, philosopher and writer. Politically connected to the Italian left, she was elected a Member of the Italian Parliament for the Democratic Party in February 2013.
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Michela Marzano (born 1970) is an Italian editorial columnist, philosopher and politician, among other activities. The editorial columnist was born in Rome.
Michela Marzano studied at Scuola Normale Superiore and University of Pisa. The editorial columnist worked for La Repubblica, National Center for Scientific Research and Paris Descartes University, among others and worked in Paris and Rome. Michela Marzano is active in ethics and political philosophy.
Languages used include French and Italian. The editorial columnist received Bancarella Literary Prize and Mondello Prize.
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Biography
Biography
Michela Marzano studied at University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore. The recorded working language is Italian and French. The field of work recorded is political philosophy and ethics. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rome and Paris. Employment is recorded with National Center for Scientific Research, Paris Descartes University and La Repubblica. Positions recorded include member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic. Distinctions recorded are Bancarella Literary Prize and Mondello Prize.
Michela Marzano was born in Rome in 1970. She studied philosophy at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and specialized in analytical philosophy and Bioethics at Sapienza University of Roma. In 1998, she defended her thesis at the Scuola Normale Superiore on the status of the human body, which led her to follow continuing discourse on the topic. Marzano traveled to France in 1999 and enrolled at the French National Center for Scientific Research in 2000. In 2010, Marzano became a professor of philosophy at Paris Descartes University. Marzano's specialty is in ethics and political philosophy, and focuses primarily on the space that human beings occupy today, especially as Carnal beings. Her analysis looks at human fragility. Politically, Marzano criticizes European liberalism and the myth of self-confidence. Marzano has written editorial pieces in La Repubblica on debates between Italy and France. In her book, Légère comme un papillon ("Light Like a Butterfly"), Marzano revealed the role that anorexia had played in her life.
Political career
Political career
In the 2013 Italian general election, Marzano stood as a Democratic Party candidate in Milan and was elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies and was able to join the government coalition of Pier Luigi Bersani. She was appointed to the Justice Committee and on the Parliamentary Commission for Children and Adolescents. On 4 May 2015, she voted against the Italian electoral law of 2015, which was proposed by the government. In 2016, Marzano left the Democratic Party when the government proposal on civil unions did not provide the possibility for same-sex couples to adopt children. She joined the Mixed Group but continued to support the government coalition.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Her recorded languages were Italian and French. She was the child of Ferruccio Marzano. She married Jacques de Saint Victor and Luca Parisoli.
Career and activity
Career and activity
Michela Marzano worked in political philosophy and ethics. She was employed by National Center for Scientific Research, Paris Descartes University, La Repubblica and Sapienza University of Rome. Recorded position is member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic. She worked at Rome and Paris.
Identity
Identity
Michela Marzano is recorded as politician, writer, philosopher, university teacher and editorial columnist.
Life and career
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Life and career
Explore 1970–1991
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1970
Michela Marzano born at Rome.
1991
Michela Marzano, La Pornografia O El Agotamiento Del Deseo digitised by Internet Archive.
1991
Michela Marzano, La Pornografia O El Agotamiento Del Deseo (1991) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
Publications
• Penser le corps, PUF, 2002 • La pornographie ou L'épuisement du désir, Buchet-Chastel, 2003 • La fidélité ou L'amour à vif, Buchet-Chastel, 2005 • Alice au pays du porno (avec Claude Rozier), Ramsay, 2005 • Le corps: films X: y jouer ou y être, entretien avec Ovidie, Autrement, 2005 • Malaise dans la sexualité, JC Lattès, 2006 • Je consens, donc je suis...: éthique de l’autonomie, PUF, 2006 • Philosophie du corps, PUF, 2007 • Dictionnaire du corps, PUF, 2007 • L'éthique appliquée, Paris, PUF, coll. « Que sais-je? », 2010 • Extension du domaine de la manipulation: de l'entreprise à la vie privée, Grasset, 2008 • Le fascisme: un encombrant retour?, Paris, Larousse, coll. « Philosopher », 2009. • Le contrat de défiance, Grasset, 2010. publié ensuite chez Pluriel en mai 2012 sous le titre Éloge de la confiance * * *
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- 1.Michela Marzano La confiance est un pari.
- 2.La nostra rivoluzione inizi dal linguaggio par Valentina Longo sur www.europaquotidiano.it le 8 mars 2013 (in Italian)
- 3.Nel "governo Bersani" la carica di donne : in pista Tinagli, Mosca e Marzano par Monica Guerzoni dans Corriere della Sera du 18 mars 2013. (in Italian)
- 4.Page de Michela Marzano sur le site de la Camera dei deputati (in Italian)
- 5.Unioni civili, Renzi: "Ho giurato sulla Costituzione non sul Vangelo". Repubblica. 12 May 2016.
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