History of Philosophical Historiography in Central Europe

At the intersection of intellectual history and historiographical self-reflection, these studies explore the interpretative lenses through which the history of philosophy is itself constructed. They invite a critical awareness of the conceptual filters that continue to shape our understanding of late medieval thought. Central to this inquiry are figures such as Richard Falckenberg, Eugenio Garin, Ernst Cassirer, and Alois Dempf, whose work is re-examined as a formative set of interpretative frameworks that have profoundly influenced the modern historiography of medieval philosophy.

Key publications:

  1. Deutsche Mystik e Romanticismo. Joseph Görres lettore di Suso e Taulero, “Archivio di storia della cultura”, XXXVII (2024), 137–159 / ISSN 1124-0059
  2. The Medieval and Renaissance Origins of Nationalism: Alois Dempf’s Historiography as a Practice of Intellectual Freedom, in M. Meliadò & C. Muratori (ed.), The Dissident Renaissance: Rewriting the History of Early Modern Philosophy as Political Practice (Brill’s Series in Philosophical Historiographies 2), Brill, Leiden 2025, 103–134 / ISBN 978-90-04-72231-6
  3. Cusanus und das Gelehrtenideal der Humanisten. Die Interpretation von Eugenio Garin im Lichte ihrer Vor- und Nachgeschichte, in M. Meliadò & S. Negri (ed.), Praxis des Philosophierens, Praktiken der Historiographie. Perspektiven von der Spätantike bis zur Moderne (Geist und Geisteswissenschaft 2), Karl Alber, Freiburg i.B. 2018, 270–302 / ISBN 9783495489468

Others:

  1. Chiesa e modernità nel pensiero di Alois Dempf, “Rivista di Filosofia Neo-Scolastica” [Riv.Fil.NeoSc.], CXIV/2 (2022), 499–510 / ISSN 0035-6247
  2. Nicolas de Cues et l’historiographie philosophique du XXe siècle : modernité, humanisme et mysticisme, “Laval théologique et philosophique” [Laval Théol. ], LXXV/3 (2019), 485–502 / ISSN 0023-9054
  3. Richard Falckenberg and the modernity of Nicholas of Cusa, “Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies” [Viator], XXXXVII/2 (2016), 351–366 / ISSN 0083-5897, by K. Zeyer, Richard Falckenberg und die Modernität des Nicolaus Cusanus, “Coincidentia. Zeitschrift für europäische Geistesgeschichte”, VIII/1 (2017), 197–226 / ISSN 1869-9782
  4. Die Gefahr des Neoplatonismus, die „die Deutschen immer bedroht“. Alois Dempf als Leser des Nikolaus von Kues, forthcoming in Schulte (ed.), Cusanus-Rezeption und Cusanus-Bilder, Zeitenwende. Mitteilungen und Forschungsbeiträge der Cusanus-Gesellschaft N. F., Bd. 2, Köln-Wien 2026, 49–66
  5. Mistica e filosofia in Joseph Görres, in G. Di Biase & F.P. Ciglia (ed.), Inabissarsi nel Divino. Mistica, religioni, filosofie, Philosophica 302, ETS, Pisa 2024, 171–190 / ISBN 978-8-846768414 / Pre-print in “Nuovo Giornale di Filosofia della Religione”, II/2 (2022), 175–196 / ISSN 2532-1676
  6. Jaspers, Nikolaus Cusanus. Zu seinem 500. Todestag, in Id., Aneignung und Polemik. Gesammelte Reden und Aufsätze zur Geschichte der Philosophie, ed. H. Saner, R. Piper & Co., München 1968, 63–75, trad. it: Nicola Cusano. Per i 500 anni dalla sua morte, in P. Ricci Sindoni (ed.), Un filosofo tra i filosofi. Karl Jaspers e il pensiero occidentale (Jaspersiana 4), Mimesis Edizioni, Milano-Udine 2018, 163–191, including my introductory study: Jaspers interprete di Cusano: per una filosofia pratica, 163–171 / ISBN 978-88-57542041