''Il Covile'' (

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published in Italy.

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Edited by Stefano Borselli, the magazine was founded in September 2009, and its cultural line draws on

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al form”, on contemporary conservative thought (

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) and on

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of the second half of the twentieth-century (Cesarano, Camatte, Debord, Tronti). Outstanding features are the

typographic Typography is the art and technique of typesetting, arranging type to make written language legibility, legible, readability, readable and beauty, appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, Point (typogra ...

qualities:

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from Baroque era editions.

Many topics are covered, from architecture and planning (with the endorsement of the views of Christopher Alexander,

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Nikos Salingaros Nikos Angelos Salingaros ( el, Νίκος Άγγελος Σαλίγκαρος; born 1952) is a mathematician and polymath known for his work on urban theory, architectural theory, complexity theory, and design philosophy. He has been a close ...

), to critics of

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(

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, Aude De Kerros), to the choice of the rhymed verses, to the male identity (criticism of

feminism Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...

and

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), to the

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and Christian roots of the occidental civilization. All themes are linked through the ''fil rouge'' of the opposition to the

nihilist Nihilism (; ) is a philosophy, or family of views within philosophy, that rejects generally accepted or fundamental aspects of human existence, such as objective truth, knowledge, morality, values, or meaning. The term was popularized by Ivan ...

drift of modernity in the name of the ''Christian

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'' evoked by Konrad Weiß,

and

Ivan Illich Ivan Dominic Illich ( , ; 4 September 1926 – 2 December 2002) was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher, and social critic. His 1971 book ''Deschooling Society'' criticises modern society's institutional approach to educ ...

. ''Il Covile'' also treats material culture, crafts and typography.

Editorial Staff

Francesco Borselli, Riccardo De Benedetti, Aude de Kerros, Pietro De Marco, Armando Ermini, Luciano Funari, Giuseppe Ghini, Ciro Lomonte
Roberto Manfredini
Ettore Maria Mazzola, Alzek Misheff
Pietro PagliardiniAlmanacco romano
Gabriella Rouf, Nikos Salingaros, Andrea Sciffo, Stefano Serafini, Stefano Silvestri, Massimo Zaratin.

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