Carlo Lottieri (born 6 November 1960,

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...

) is Professor of Political Philosophy at the

University of Verona The University of Verona ( it, Università degli Studi di Verona) is a university located in Verona, Italy. It was founded in 1982 and is organized in 12 Departments. According to business newspaper ''Il Sole 24 Ore'', it is ranked as the best no ...

. He holds a bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) in Philosophy from the

University of Genoa The University of Genoa, known also with the acronym UniGe ( it, Università di Genova), is one of the largest universities in Italy. It is located in the city of Genoa and regional Metropolitan City of Genoa, on the Italian Riviera in the Liguri ...

, 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 research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin as a theological seminary. It remained focused on theology until the 17th centu ...

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

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

. His research interests cover Philosophy of Law, Federalism, Libertarianism,

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

, Religion and Public Life, Military Ethics, Elitism, Evolutionary Theory of Law, Commons and Private Property, Modern State. He edited many works by

Bruno Leoni Bruno Leoni (26 April 1913 – 21 November 1967) was an Italian classical-liberal political philosopher and lawyer. Whilst the war kept Leoni away from teaching, in 1945 he became Full professor of Philosophy of Law. Leoni was also appointed Dea ...

in English, French, Italian, Spanish and Czech. He is currently 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

Ca' Foscari University of Venice Ca' Foscari University of Venice ( it, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, simply Università Ca' Foscari) is a public university in Venice, Italy. Since its foundation in 1868, it has been housed in the Venetian Gothic palace of Ca' Foscari, from w ...

and in 2011 he has been visiting professor at

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

. 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, Alb ...

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

Emmanuel Lévinas Emmanuel 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 relationship of ethics to ...

) and a realistic approach to the modern State, largely influenced by Italian elitist school,

Carl Schmitt Carl Schmitt (; 11 July 1888 – 7 April 1985) was a German jurist, political theorist, and prominent member of the Nazi Party. Schmitt wrote extensively about the effective wielding of political power. A conservative theorist, he is noted as a ...

'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, The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, 9872008, "public choice," ''The New Palgrave Dictionar ...

and

Austrian School The Austrian School is a heterodox school of economic thought that advocates strict adherence to methodological individualism, the concept that social phenomena result exclusively from the motivations and actions of individuals. Austrian school ...

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 Richard Allen Epstein (born April 17, 1943) is an American legal scholar known for his writings on torts, contracts, property rights, law and economics, classical liberalism, and libertarianism. He is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law at ...

, 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 Murray Newton Rothbard (; March 2, 1926 – January 7, 1995) was an American economist of the Austrian School, economic historian, political theorist, and activist. Rothbard was a central figure in the 20th-century American libertarian ...

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"
''Journal of Libertarian Studies'', 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, The Ludwig von Mises Institute, 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 economist of the Austrian School, philosopher and political theorist. He is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), Senior Fellow of t ...

'', Auburn, The Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2010.
"Just War and Rothbardian Libertarianism"
''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 Political philosophers 21st-century Italian philosophers Philosophers of social science University of Genoa alumni 1960 births Living people Italian libertarians Political theologians