Rosa Giannetta (also known as Rosa Giannetta Alberoni; 11 April 1945 3 January 2021) was an Italian novelist, journalist and professor of sociology.

Biography

Giannetta was born in

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, in the province of

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, Italy. In 1974 she graduated from the University Institute of Modern Languages (

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) in Milan with a degree in modern foreign languages and literature. In her initial research, she focused on a

sociological Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation and ...

study of young people and their language, and later moved into studying

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

. In the 1990s, she studied the works of

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Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (; ; 27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831) was a German philosopher. He is one of the most important figures in German idealism and one of the founding figures of modern Western philosophy. His influence extends a ...

and

Marx Karl Heinrich Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, critic of political economy, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 p ...

and the philosophical issues that led to the development of anti-Christianity in Europe. She later also analysed

Michelangelo Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known as Michelangelo (), was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was insp ...

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frescoes, and wrote a critique of Darwinist ideology. She stated that Darwinism produces attitudes such as

racism Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another. It may also mean prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism ...

classism Class discrimination, also known as classism, is prejudice or discrimination on the basis of social class. It includes individual attitudes, behaviors, systems of policies and practices that are set up to benefit the upper class at the expense of ...

and biological discrimination. Giannetta won the Gianni Brera Award for non-fiction. As a journalist, Giannetta wrote for newspapers such as ''

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'', '' Il Giorno'' and ''

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'' and for magazines such as ''Gioia'', ''Anna'' and '' Oggi''. She also contributed to radio and television broadcasts. Giannetta also wrote historical fiction. She wrote a series of novels set between 1786 and 1814 in the

Napoleonic era The Napoleonic era is a period in the history of France and Europe. It is generally classified as including the fourth and final stage of the French Revolution, the first being the National Assembly, the second being the Legislative ...

and located between the Kingdoms of Naples and Milan, and a second series centred on four generations of a family that moves between Versilia and Milan. Her novels won two awards: the Gargano Prize for literature and the Romeo Gigli Prize for fiction.

Personal life

She married

Francesco Alberoni Francesco Alberoni (born 31 December 1929, in Borgonovo Val Tidone, Piacenza) is an Italian journalist and a professor of sociology. He was a board member and senior board member (chairman) of RAI, the Italian state television network, from 200 ...

, a sociologist, in 1988, and began using his surname in addition to her own. Giannetta died on 3 January 2021 at her home in

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after an illness.

Published works

Academic works

* Alberoni, R. (1984). ''L'era dei mass media: Note sociologiche sulla storia delle comunicazioni di massa''. Milano: Coop. libraria I.U.L.M. *Giannetta, A. R., Di, F. G., & ISTUR. (1992). ''Complicità e competizione''. Milano: Harlequin Mondadori. *Alberoni, R. G. (1993). ''Gli esploratori del tempo. Le concezioni della storia da Vico a Popper''. Milano, Rizzoli. * Giannetta, A. R. (2000). ''Hegel, sociologo nostro contemporaneo''. * Giannetta, A. R. (2007). ''La cacciata di Cristo''. Milano: Rizzoli. *Alberoni, R. G., & Martino, R. R. (2007). ''Il Dio di Michelangelo e la barba di Darwin''. Milano: Rizzoli.

Fiction

* Alberoni, R. G. (1991). ''L'orto del paradiso''. Milano: A. Mondadori. * Alberoni, R. G. (1994). ''Paolo e Francesca''. Milano: Rizzoli. * Alberoni, R. G. (1998). ''Io voglio''. Milano: Biblioteca universale Rizzoli. *Alberoni, R. G. (1999). ''Sinfonia''. Milano: Rizzoli. *Giannetta, A. R. (2005). ''La montagna di luce''. Milano: Rizzoli. *Giannetta, A. R. (2010). ''Intrigo al Concilio Vaticano II''. Verona: Fede & Cultura. * Alberoni, R. G. (2011). ''Arianna sfida il destino''. Milano: Rizzoli.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Giannetta, Rosa 1945 births 2021 deaths People from the Province of Avellino Christian creationists Italian women journalists Italian sociologists Italian women sociologists 20th-century Italian journalists 21st-century Italian journalists 20th-century Italian novelists 21st-century Italian novelists 20th-century Italian women writers 21st-century Italian women writers Italian women novelists Italian historical novelists Women historical novelists IULM University of Milan alumni