Fractures. Crisis and Myth in the Twentieth Century

Chiara Cappiello is assistant professor of history of philosophy at the University of Naples Federico II. Her scientific interest lies in the history of culture in the twentieth century between Italy and Germany, with a focus on the theme of crisis. Her publications include the books: Mundus. Ernesto De Martino e il mal d’Europa (2024); Promesse e minacce dell’inconscio. Freud nella crisi del Novecento (2024); Briciole. Arte e fine del mondo in Theodor W. Adorno (2021); «Perdita del centro». Arte e Novecento in Benedetto Croce (2019).

Giuseppe Maccauro is assistant professor of history of philosophy at the Giustino Fortunato University in Benevento. His research focuses on Italian thought, the history of culture in the twentieth century, and, in particular, the relationships between philosophy and the human sciences. He has published two books: Novecento primitivo: Ernesto De Martino fra apocalisse e riscatto (2023) and Figure della decadenza: Enzo Paci fra Vico e Thomas Mann (2023).

Patrycja Polanowska is assistant professor in the Department of Italian Studies at the University of Warsaw. Her research focuses on modern and contemporary Italian poetry, with a particular interest in the themes of myth, space and temporality. Her recent publications include the book Milo De Angelis e la memoria dell’eterno ritorno (2025) and the papers Su una contemporanea geopoetica milanese (2024), La voce “sull’orlo della notte”. Milo De Angelis e Stéphane Mallarmé (2023). She is the founder of the international research group MITEMI. Interdisciplinary Studies on Myth, Time, Space, and Memory.