Carlo Tullio Altan
Encyclopedia
Carlo Tullio Altan was an Italian anthropologist, sociologist and philosopher. He was particularly known for his studies on the Italian national character, and was considered one of the pioneers of Italian cultural anthropology
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Altan was born at San Vito al Tagliamento
, in Friuli
. His son Francesco Tullio Altan
is a popular comic books creator and satirist.
Cultural anthropology
Cultural anthropology is a branch of anthropology focused on the study of cultural variation among humans, collecting data about the impact of global economic and political processes on local cultural realities. Anthropologists use a variety of methods, including participant observation,...
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Altan was born at San Vito al Tagliamento
San Vito al Tagliamento
San Vito al Tagliamento is a comune in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 km northwest of Trieste and about 20 km southeast of Pordenone.-Main sights:...
, in Friuli
Friuli
Friuli is an area of northeastern Italy with its own particular cultural and historical identity. It comprises the major part of the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, i.e. the province of Udine, Pordenone, Gorizia, excluding Trieste...
. His son Francesco Tullio Altan
Francesco Tullio Altan
-Biography:He was born in Treviso, the son of Friulian anthropologist Carlo Tullio Altan. He studied in the University IUAV of Venice, but halted his studies to work for cinema and TV as scenographer and writer. In 1970 he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he created his first comics series for...
is a popular comic books creator and satirist.
Selected bibliography
- Lo spirito religioso del mondo primitivo (l960)
- Antropologia funzionale (1968)
- Valori, classi sociali e scelte politiche (with Alberto Marradi l976)
- Manuale di antropologia culturale: storia e metodo (l979)
- Modi di produzione e lotta di classe in Italia (with Roberto Cartocci, l979)
- Antropologia, storia e problemi (l983)
- La nostra Italia (l986)
- Populismo e trasformismo (1989)
- Soggetto, simbolo e valore: Per un'ermeneutica antropologica (1992)
- Ethnos e Civiltà: Identità etniche e valori democratici (1995)
- La coscienza civile degli italiani: Valori e disvalori nella storia nazionale (1997)
- Religioni, simboli, società: Sul fondamento umano dell'esperienza religiosa (with Marcello Massenzio, 1998)
- Le grandi religioni a confronto: L'età della globalizzazione (2002)
External links
- Carlo Tullio Altan on WorldCatWorldCatWorldCat is a union catalog which itemizes the collections of 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories which participate in the Online Computer Library Center global cooperative...