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Norberto Bobbio

Italian legal scholar (1909-2004) · Italy · Academics · Died at 94

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Norberto Bobbio was an Italian philosopher of law and political sciences and a historian of political thought. He also wrote regularly for the Turin-based daily La Stampa. Bobbio was a social liberal in the tradition of Piero Gobetti, Carlo Rosselli, Guido Calogero, and Aldo Capitini.

A life in dates

2004Died9 January 20042001Hegel PrizeAward1994Balzan PrizeAward1992Honorary Doctorate from University of Savoie-Mont-BlancAward1985Honorary Doctor of the University of Madrid ComplutenseAward1984Honorary Doctorate of Paris Nanterre UniversityAward1983Honorary Doctorate of Paris Nanterre UniversityAward1981Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles VeillonAwardViareggio-Versilia International PrizeAward1909Born18 October 1909

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Awards

Hegel Prize2001
Balzan Prize1994
Honorary Doctorate from University of Savoie-Mont-Blanc1992
Honorary Doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense1985
Honorary Doctorate of Paris Nanterre University1984
Honorary Doctorate of Paris Nanterre University1983
Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon1981
Viareggio-Versilia International Prize1981
Honorary Doctorate of University of Buenos Aires
Honorary Doctorate of the Autonomous University of Madrid
Honorary doctor of the University of Bologna

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Sibling: Clara Sansoni-Bobbio

About this person

Norberto Bobbio was an Italian philosopher of law and political sciences and a historian of political thought. He also wrote regularly for the Turin-based daily La Stampa. Bobbio was a social liberal in the tradition of Piero Gobetti, Carlo Rosselli, Guido Calogero, and Aldo Capitini. He was also strongly influenced by Hans Kelsen and Vilfredo Pareto. He was considered one of the greatest Italian intellectuals of the 20th century.

Country
Italy
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1909 to 2004 · aged 94

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