Gino Zaccaria is an Italian philosopher known for his work on phenomenology, ontology, and aesthetics, particularly in relation to poetry. He is Senior Professor (Italian: "professore senior") of Philosophy and Aesthetics at Bocconi University in Milan.
Education and career Classically educated, Zaccaria studied at Bocconi University and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He initially worked in logic and linguistic pragmatics before turning to philosophical hermeneutics and phenomenology. He is also the co-director of the journal eudia – Yearbook for Philosophy, Poetry and Art.Zaccaria's role as co-director is verified at his Bocconi faculty profile. The journal is included in the list of scientific journals (Area 11) by Italy's National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research (ANVUR). Since 2012, he has been involved in the trans-disciplinary project ScienzaNuova, exploring the relation between philosophy and the natural sciences.
Reception and influence Contemporary reviews and critical responses note that, in Italy, his editions of Heidegger's Political Writings (1998) and The Origin of the Work of Art (2000, with Ivo De Gennaro) prompted sustained critical discussion in the press and in specialist venues.For the debate following the publication of the Italian edition of Martin Heidegger's Scritti politici (1933–1966), edited by Gino Zaccaria (Piemme, 1998), see:
For the reception and debate sparked by Zaccaria's subsequent translations and critical editions of Heidegger (such as The Origin of the Work of Art), see:
For academic discussion and citation of Zaccaria's work in international studies, see, for instance:
In 2024, a Festschrift titled Verso gli speranti. Scritti in onore di Gino Zaccaria ("Towards the Hoping Things: Writings in Honor of Gino Zaccaria") was published. Contributors included Columbia University philosopher Achille C. Varzi. His essay, "I limiti del linguaggio e la via negativa" (The Limits of Language and the Negative Way), critically analyzed Zaccaria's 2021 book The Enigma of Art, focusing on its contribution to the English philosophical lexicon, such as the use of the term beënt to clarify the phenomenological concept of being ().
Selected works (English) Books The Dictatorship of Value. Teaching and Research in the Planetary University (with Ivo De Gennaro), Milan–New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011. The Enigma of Art. On the Provenance of Artistic Creation, Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2021. Science under the Yoke of Value. A Phenomenological Inquiry into the Evaluation Machinery (with Maurizio Borghi and Ivo De Gennaro), London: Routledge, 2025.
Book Chapters "Time and Value," in I. De Gennaro, H. Hofmeister, R. Lüfter (eds), Academic Freedom in the European Context: Legal, Philosophical and Institutional Perspectives, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. "The Dictatorship of Value. Teaching and Research in the Planetary University," in I. De Gennaro (ed.), Value, Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2012.
Journal Articles "Das Nichts denken (Leopardi)," Heidegger Studies 19 (2003). "The Fiction of Peer Review. Phenomenology of a Catastrophe" (with Ivo De Gennaro), eudia, year 12 (2018). Selected works (Italian) Books
References
External links Gino Zaccaria – Bocconi University profile ScienzaNuova project eudia – Yearbook for Philosophy, Poetry and Art