Carlo Lottieri (born 6 November 1960) is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Verona. Born in

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, he holds a bachelor's degree (''summa cum laude'') in Philosophy from the

University of Genoa The University of Genoa () is a public research university. It is one of the largest universities in Italy and it is located in the city of Genoa, on the Italian Riviera in the Liguria region of northwestern Italy. The original university was fou ...

, a M.A. from the ''Institut Universitaire d’Etudes Européens'' (now attached to the

University of Geneva The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public university, public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by French theologian John Calvin as a Theology, theological seminary. It rema ...

), a M.A. and a Ph.D. from the

Paris-Sorbonne University Paris-Sorbonne University (also known as Paris IV; ) was a public university, public research university in Paris, France, active from 1971 to 2017. It was the main inheritor of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Paris. In 2018, it m ...

. His research interests cover

philosophy of law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

federalism Federalism is a mode of government that combines a general level of government (a central or federal government) with a regional level of sub-unit governments (e.g., provinces, State (sub-national), states, Canton (administrative division), ca ...

, American-style libertarianism,

political theology Political theology is a term which has been used in discussion of the ways in which Theology, theological concepts or ways of thinking relate to politics. The term is often used to denote religious thought about political principled questions. Scho ...

, religion and public life, military ethics,

elitism Elitism is the notion that individuals who form an elite — a select group with desirable qualities such as intellect, wealth, power, physical attractiveness, notability, special skills, experience, lineage — are more likely to be construc ...

, evolutionary theory of law,

commons The commons is the cultural and natural resources accessible to all members of a society, including natural materials such as air, water, and a habitable Earth. These resources are held in common even when owned privately or publicly. Commons ...

and

private property Private property is a legal designation for the ownership of property by non-governmental Capacity (law), legal entities. Private property is distinguishable from public property, which is owned by a state entity, and from Collective ownership ...

, and the

modern state A state is a political entity that regulates society and the population within a definite territory. Government is considered to form the fundamental apparatus of contemporary states. A country often has a single state, with various administrat ...

. He edited many works by Bruno Leoni in English, French, Italian, Spanish, and Czech. He is Professor of Philosophy of Law at the University of Verona, and Professor of Philosophy of Law and Philosophy of Social Sciences at Facoltà di Teologia di Lugano.

Career and thought

In the years 2003–04, Lottieri taught Philosophy of Social Sciences at

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, and in 2011 became visiting professor at

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. Fellow of many institutions, he is the Director of Political Theory department of the

Istituto Bruno Leoni The Bruno Leoni Institute, named after philosopher and scholar Bruno Leoni, is an Italian libertarian think-tank promoting classical liberal ideas in Italy and in Europe. It was founded in 2003 by three libertarian scholars Carlo Lottieri, Al ...

(IBL), based in Turin. Lottieri's research develops a radical American-style libertarianism combining a strong emphasis on the inviolability of other people (marked by the influence of

Emmanuel Lévinas Emmanuel Levinas (born Emanuelis Levinas ; ; 12 January 1906 – 25 December 1995) was a French philosopher of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry who is known for his work within Jewish philosophy, existentialism, and phenomenology, focusing on the rel ...

) and a realistic approach to the modern state, largely influenced by Italian

elitist Elitism is the notion that individuals who form an elite — a select group with desirable qualities such as intellect, wealth, power, physical attractiveness, notability, special skills, experience, lineage — are more likely to be construct ...

school,

Carl Schmitt Carl Schmitt (11 July 1888 – 7 April 1985) was a German jurist, author, and political theorist. Schmitt wrote extensively about the effective wielding of political power. An authoritarian conservative theorist, he was noted as a critic of ...

's scholarship, and

public choice Public choice, or public choice theory, is "the use of economic tools to deal with traditional problems of political science."Gordon Tullock, 9872008, "public choice," ''The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics''. . It includes the study of po ...

and

Austrian School The Austrian school is a Heterodox economics, heterodox Schools of economic thought, school of economic thought that advocates strict adherence to methodological individualism, the concept that social phenomena result primarily from the motivat ...

economists. Following Raimondo Cubeddu and Alberto Mingardi, in his work Lottieri "argues for the legitimacy of many so-called 'monopolistic practices' (cartels, monopolization, mergers, predatory pricing…), and for the legitimacy of conglomerates, and big business at large, vis-à-vis those governmental agencies built to thoroughly implement 'competition' from top to bottom." His last book emphasizes the historic features of the modern state, suggesting to libertarian scholars to understand the cultural and even theological implications of the struggle between the rulers and the ruled.

Publications

Single-authored books

* ''Un'idea elvetica di libertà. Nella crisi della modernità europea''. Brescia: La Scuola, 2017. *
Every New Right Is A Freedom Lost
'. e-book, translated by Chiara Brown, 2016. * ''Credere nello Stato? Teologia politica e dissimulazione da Filippo il Bello a WikiLeaks''. Soveria Mannelli: Rubbettino, 2011. * ''Le ragioni del diritto. Libertà individuale e ordine giuridico nel pensiero di Bruno Leoni''. Treviglio – Soveria Mannelli: Facco – Rubbettino, 2006. * ''Il pensiero libertario contemporaneo. Tesi e controversie sulla filosofia, sul diritto e sul mercato''. Macerata: Liberilibri, 2001 * ''Denaro e comunità. Relazioni di mercato e ordinamenti giuridici nella società liberale''. Naples: Guida, 2000.

Edited books

* (with Jo Ann Cavallo)
''Speaking Truth to Power from Medieval to Modern Italy''
(Annali di Italianistica), volume 34, October 2016. * Bruno Leoni,
Law, Liberty and the Competitive Market
', with a preface by Richard A. Epstein, New Brunswick NJ, Transaction, 2008.

Co-authored books

* (written with Piercamillo Falasca) ''Come il federalismo fiscale può salvare il Mezzogiorno''. Soveria Mannelli: Rubbettino, 2008. * (written with Emanuele Castrucci) ''Lezioni di Filosofia del diritto''. Rome: Aracne, 2006. * ''Dove va il pensiero libertario?'', edited by Riccardo Paradisi. Rome: Settimo Sigillo, 2004. * (written with Enrico Diciotti) '' Rothbard e l’ordine giuridico libertario. Una discussione''. Siena: DiGips – Università degli Studi di Siena, 2002.

Journal articles, book chapters, working papers, academic conference papers

"European Unification as the New Frontier of Collectivism: The Case for Competitive Federalism and Polycentric Law"
''

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'', volume 16, no. 1, 2002, pp. 23–43.Lottieri's Euroskepticism is evident also here: Carlo Lottieri
"It’s Tony’s Turn"
, ''Tech Central Station'', July 1st, 2005.
"Vatican City as A Free Society: Legal Order and Political Theology"
working paper,

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, 2005.
"Classical Natural Law and Libertarian Theory: Toward an Integration of Rothbard and Leoni"
in Joerg Guido Huelsmann - Stephan Kinsella, eds., ''Property, Freedom, Society. Essays in Honor of

Hans-Hermann Hoppe Hans-Hermann Hoppe (; ; born 2 September 1949) is a German-American academic associated with Austrian School economics, anarcho-capitalism, right-wing libertarianism, and opposition to democracy. He is professor emeritus of economics at th ...

'', Auburn,

, 2010. * , ''Encyclopedia of Military Ethics'', edited by Alexander Moseley, 2011.
Review of ''Toward a Truly Free Market: A Distributist Perspective on the Role of Government, Taxes, Health Care, Deficits, and More'' by John C. Médaille
'' Journal of Markets & Morality'', Volume 14, Number 1, Spring 2011, pp. 221–222.

References

External links

The complete archive of Carlo Lottieri’s publications on IBL's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lottieri, Carlo Italian political philosophers 21st-century Italian philosophers Philosophers of social science University of Genoa alumni 1960 births Living people Italian libertarians Political theologians