Emilia Rensi
Emilia Rensi (26 February 1901 – 23 April 1990) was an Italian philosopher, free thinker, writer and teacher. She wrote for anarchist and progressive magazines, such as Flavia Steno's ''La Chiosa'', ''Volontà'' (1960s), ''Umanità Nova'' (1960s) and Franco Leggio's ''Sicilia Libertaria'' (1980s). She began publishing books on social, cultural and ethical subjects from the late 1960s onwards. Early life Emilia Rensi was born in Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland. Her father was the Italian philosopher Giuseppe Rensi (1871–1941), and her mother was the writer and educationalist Lauretta Perucchi (1873–1966). She had an elder sister, Algisa (1899–1994), who became a nun and abbess. She and her sister were born in Switzerland at the time when their father was living there in exile from Italy following political unrest (he also met his wife there). The family returned to Italy in 1908, living in various cities before settling in Genoa, where Giuseppe taught moral philosophy at th ...
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Anarchism In Italy
Italian anarchism as a movement began primarily from the influence of Mikhail Bakunin, Giuseppe Fanelli, and Errico Malatesta. Rooted in collectivist anarchism, it expanded to include illegalist individualist anarchism, mutualism, anarcho-syndicalism, and especially anarcho-communism. It participated in the ''biennio rosso'' and survived Italian Fascism. Platformism''El movimiento libertario en Italia'' by Bicicleta: Revista de comunicaciones libertarias
and were particularly common in Italian anarchism and continue to influence the movement today. The
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