CURRICULUM VITAE ET STUDIORUM

FIRST NAME: Elena

SURNAME: Irrera

DATE OF BIRTH: 08-08-1976

PLACE OF BIRTH: Senigallia (Ancona)-Italy

NATIONALITY: Italian 

PERMANENT MAILING ADDRESS: Via Camposanto Vecchio n. 22/B
                                                                   60019 Senigallia (Ancona)
                                                                   Italy.  
   
CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITION AND AFFILIATION:  Senior assistant professor (fixed-term)
                                                                                                         Department of Political and Social
                                                                                                         Sciences 
                                                                                                         Academic discipline SPS/01 Political
                                                                                                         Philosophy 

E-MAIL ADDRESS: elena.irrera2@unibo.it
                                     irrera@hotmail.com

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HIGH SCHOOL STUDIES: 

♦ Italian «Liceo Classico» (equivalent of the “traditional liberal arts high school”) G. Perticari, Senigallia (Ancona), From September 1990 to July 1995. Final Examination Score: 60/60. Awarded with distinction.	

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES: 

♦ November 1995-November 1999. Degree in Philosophy by thesis achieved in Bologna University (Italy).
Title of Final Dissertation: Platone o Protagora? Dibattito sull’Uomo e la Città Giusta (English Translation: Plato or Protagoras? Debate on Man and the Just City).
Final Score: 110/110. Awarded with distinction.

POSTGRADUATE STUDIES: 

          ♦ April 2001-April 2002: Research Master in Ancient Political Philosophy - Classics Department-
           Durham University (UK) (Converted into first year of PhD).
     ♦ April 2002 - January 2005: PhD in Ancient Philosophy -Classics Department- Durham University
         (UK).
     Supervisor: Professor Christopher J. Rowe. 
     Title of Phd Thesis: Power and Wisdom: The Craft of Ruling in Aristotle.

     ♦ May 2012-May 2015: Postdoctoral Research fellowship in Political Philosophy (FIRB project).
     Bologna University (Department of History, Culture and Civilization). 

     ♦ June 2015-December 2017: Temporary Research Fellow in Political Philosophy.
      Bologna University (Department of History, Culture and Civilization).

	

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  ◘ Maggio 2012-Maggio 2015: Temporary Research Fellow in Political Philosophy. University of
    Bologna. 
  ◘ September 2011-October 2015: Responsible of Unit for the FIRB Project “Feeding Respect. Food
  Policies and Minority Claims in Multicultural Societies. University of Bologna. 
  ◘ June 2015-December 2017: Temporary Research Fellow. University of Bologna. Department of
  History, Cultures and Civilizations
  ◘ January April 2017  and September-December 2017: Activity of Research at the Instituto Séneca 
   (Universidad Carlos iii – Madrid), funded by the University of Bologna. 
  ◘ Academic Year 2017-2018: Adjunct Professor in History of Ancient Philosophy. Department of
  Humanities – University of Piemonte Orientale. Vercelli. 
  ◘ Academic Year 2017-2018: Adjunct Professor in “Political Philosophy”. Department of Social and
  Political Sciences – University of Bologna. 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Italy

◘ Teaching Assistant for Professor Giovanni Giorgini, professor of Political Philosophy at Bologna University. Teaching and tutoring activity in Political Philosophy, History of Political Doctrines and Ancient Political Thought. 

♦ November 1999-September 2000
♦ March 2005 – March 2006
♦ September 2008-April 2009

  ◘ May 2012-May 2015: 30 hour modules in ancient, modern and contemporary philosophy (especially Plato, Aristotle, Kant and contemporary theories of respect and toleration)
 
  ◘ Academic Year 2017-2018: Module in History of Ancient Philosophy. Department of
  Humanities – University of Piemonte Orientale. Vercelli. 
  ◘ Academic Year 2017-2018: Module in “Political Philosophy”. Department of Social and
  Political Sciences – University of Bologna. 
	
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
In the United Kingdom

◘ October 2002-March 2004:  Teaching and Tutoring activity in Greek Literature at Durham University (Department of Classics and Ancient History) as assistant to Dr Barbara Graziosi. 

◘ March 2006 – June 2007: Fixed-term Lectureship at Warwick University 

Courses held: 

(i)	Introduction to Ancient Philosophy ( from March 2005 to December 2007)
(ii)	Ethics (from September to December 2005)

Other duties: 

1)	Seminar tutor in Introduction to Ancient Philosophy and Ethics
2)	Supervision of MA dissertations. 
3)	Exam and essay-marking

◘ March 2009 – March 2010: Fixed-term Lectureship at Warwick University

Courses held: 

(i)	Introduction to Ancient Philosophy (from March 2009 to December 2010)
(ii)	Descartes and Mill (Mill only, from September to December 2009)

Other duties: 

1)	Seminar tutor in Introduction to Ancient Philosophy and Ethics (until March 2010)
2)	Exam and essay-marking

FURTHER QUALIFICATIONS: 

♦ Honorary Research Fellow - Classics Department- University of Durham (UK). (1 April 2008-31 July 2009).

♦ Habilitation as Associate Professor in History of Philosophy (achieved in 2015 according to the Italian National Scientific Habilitation Procedure ASN 2014).

♦ Habilitation as Associate Professor in Political Philosophy (achieved in 2016 according to the Italian National Scientific Habilitation Procedure ASN 2015).
	
MEMBERSHIP AND PARTICIPATION IN PHILOSOPHY GROUPS

 ♦ Permanent member of the Instituto Lucio Anneo Séneca-Estudios Clásicos Sobre la Sociedad y la Politica, Universidad Carlos iii di Madrid.

♦ Participant as a member in the “Poetry and Philosophy research project”, run by Bergen University (Norway) (from 2012 to 2015).

♦ Participant as a member in the FIRB Project “Feeding Respect”, run by Pavia University (2011-2014). 

♦ Participant in the international association of Ancient Political Philosophy “Collegium Politicum” (from 2011).
 ♦ 2016-Member of the interdisciplinary research group “RIDIAM. L’Europa a cerchi concentrici” (directed by Prof. Giampaolo Rossi, Prof, Università la Sapienza di Roma) (http://www.ridiam.it).

	

ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 

30-31 May 2013:     International Conference: “Rethinking Cicero as Political Philosopher” (University of Bologna, Italy). 

26-27 May 2014: International Conference. Dignity, Respect, and Self-respect. Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary Perspectives, University of Bologna. 

25-26 May 2018: International Conference. “God, Religion and Society in Ancient Thought”, Bologna, Department of Social and Political Sciences.

	

COLLABORATIONS WITH ACADEMIC JOURNALS

♦ Reviewer for the Italian journals “Filosofia Politica” (ISSN: 0394-7297) and “Il pensiero politico” (ISSN: 2279-9818).

♦ “Referee” for the “Acta Academica” (ISSN: 0587-2405 [print]; e-ISSN: 2415-0479 [online]).

♦ “Referee” and reviewer for “Ethical theory and Moral Practice” (ISSN: 1386-2820 [Print]; e-ISSN: 1572-8447 [Online]).

♦ “Referee” for “Reti Saperi Linguaggi. Italian Journal of Cognitive Sciences” 
(ISSN: 2279-7777)

♦ “Referee” for “Journal of Hellenic Studies” (ISSN: 0075-4269[Print]; e-ISSN: 2041-4099 [Online]).

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: 

♦Italian (native language)

♦English (Fluent) 

♦German (intermediate level): Level B.2 Goethe Institut. 

♦ French (intermediate level)

♦ Spanish (intermediate level). 

♦ Good knowledge of Ancient Greek and Latin  

CONFERENCES ATTENDED AS SPEAKER, CHAIR AND/OR DISCUSSANT

♦ 1-4 April 2004: Classical Association Conference (Leeds) [Speaker: ‘Political Friendship in the Nicomachean Ethics’]

♦ 6-7 April 2004: Northern Association for Ancient Philosophy Annual Meeting (Newcastle) [Speaker (section for PhD students): ‘Individual Eudaimonia and Political Expertise’]
 
♦15-16 April 2004: Postgraduate Conference of Political Philosophy (Pavia-Italy) [Speaker: ‘Between Advantage and Virtue: Aristotle’s Theory of Political Friendship]

♦29-30: April 2004: Irish Philosophy Postgraduate Conference (Queen’s University Philosophy Society- Belfast-UK) [Speaker: ‘Choosing One’s Own Life: Individual Eudaimonia and Political Expertise’] 

♦April 2005: Workshop: The Politics of Friendship (Granada-Spain) [Speaker: ‘Politics and Friendship in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics’]

♦9-11 November 2006: Northeastern Political Science Association annual meeting (Boston) [Speaker: ‘Being a Good Ruler in a Deviant Community. Aristotle’s Theory of the Polity’]

♦ 15-17 November 2007 Northeastern Political Science Association annual meeting (Philadelphia) [Speaker: ‘The Struggle for Contemplation. True Politicians vs the good Politicians in Aristotle’s Philosophy’].

♦ May 2009: Annual Meeting of the “Poetry and Philosophy in the light of Plato” research group (Bergen, Norway). Chair and Discussant.

♦ 25-26 May 2012: Annual Meeting of the Collegium Politicum Madrid [Speaker: “Three Kinds of Aristocracy in Aristotle’s Politics”]

♦ 7-8 June 2012: Annual Meeting of the “Poetry and Philosophy in the light of Plato” research group (Bergen, Norway) [“A Eulogy of the Dialogue Form? Beauty, Education and Progression in Plato’s Symposium”]

♦ 2-3 May 2013: Immigration and Minority Rights (Università di Pavia): [“Discussant of Chiara Testino’s paper Minorities, Cultural differences, Equal Respect]

♦ 30-31 May 2013: Conference: “Rethinking Cicero as Political Philosopher” (Università di Bologna): [Organizer of the conference and Speaker: “Cicero on Different Kinds of Respect for Persons. A ‘Darwallian’ Approach”].

♦ 17-19 October 2013: Workshop on Plato’s Protagoras organized in Rome by the Bergen’s “Poetry and Philosophy in the light of Plato” research group, Norwegian institute of Rome, Roma [Speaker: “Finding the ‘Real’ Simonides. A Reading of Protagoras 338e-348c”].

♦ November 2013: Conference “Ancient Ideas in the Contemporary World. The reception of the Ancient Political Theory in the Contemporary Political Philosophy”, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid: [Speaker: “Placing respect in the foreground Plato on different kinds of recognition”.]

♦ 25-26 April 2014: NYSPSA 68th Annual Conference. St. John’s University, New York [Speaker: “How to Accord Respect to Minority Subjects? Opacity, Individual Recognition, and 
Second-Personal Authority]

♦ 26-27 May 2014: Conference. Dignity, Respect, and Self-respect. Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary Perspectives, University of Bologna [Organizer of the conference and speaker: From the State of Nature to a Sovereign Power. Hobbes on Respect for Persons and Self-respect”] 

♦ 21 November 2014, One-day conference "Theories of the Good Life" (Boğaziçi University, Turkey) [Speaker: The Erotics of Beauty in Plato’s Symposium:a Path to Happiness]

♦ 29-30 May 2015: Annual conference of the Collegium Politicum "Koina ta tōn philōn”, University of Ústí nad Labem [Speaker: “Primary Friendship in the City (Respect, Duties of Virtue and Other Selves in Aristotle’s Politics)”].

♦ 18-19 June 2015: “Aristotle’s meeting at Amsterdam University College”, Amsterdam [Speaker: “Perfect friendship in the political realm: A prescriptive ideal in Aristotle’s Politics].

♦ 6-9 April 2016: Classical Association Annual Conference, University of Edinburgh [Speaker: “Other Selves in Action. Aristotle’s Friendship as a prescriptive ideal”]. 

♦ 26-28 May 2016: Annual Meeting of the Collegium Politicum, University of Bonn [Speaker: “Socrates and the Seeds of Cosmopolitanism]

♦ 30 November-2 December 2016: University of Macerata: “Sistema, Sistematico, Asistematico. Chiarimenti per un concetto ambiguo” [System, Systematic, Unsystematic. Clarifications of an elusive concept]. [Speaker: “Aristotle’s thought as an “open system”? The case of Politikê philia”]. 

♦ 4 May 2017: “Potere ed Esclusione” (Power and Exclusion conference). University of Chieti [Speaker: “Inclusion and Exclusion in Aristotle’s Politics”].
♦ 11 May 2017: “Emotions in Politics: From Self-Knowledge to Recognition of Others” (Università del Piemonte Orientale – Vercelli). [Speaker: “Emotions, Self-recognition and Recognition of others. The case of Aristotelian “philia”].
♦ 26-27 May 2017:  Annual conference of the Collegium Politicum (UIC Barcelona). “Pain and Punishment in Ancient Thought” [Speaker: “Voluntary Agency, Infliction of Suffering and Corrective Behaviour in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics”].
♦ 26 October 2017: Conferencia "La polis de los filósofos. El espacio público, sus pasiones y sus representaciones". [Speaker: “ Imágenes de inclusión y de exclusión en la Política de. Aristóteles]”.
♦ 20 November 2017: Conference: “Emotion between Aesthetics and Ethics”, Università di Pisa [Speaker: “The Emotional Roots of Respect”].
♦ 21 March 2018: Permanent Seminar of Political Theory. University of Pavia [Speaker: “Immagini dell’inclusione e dell’esclusione nella Politica di Aristotele”]. 
	
♦ 10-11 Gennaio 2019: Workshop “Well-being: From Ancient to Contemporary Philosophy”, Università di Rijeka (Croazia) [Speaker: “Helping Human Beings to Flourish. Ancient and Contemporary Approaches on Community, Friendship and Respect”]

OTHER TALKS AND LECTURES 

♦May 1999: Four Lectures held at Liceo Ginnasio Giulio Perticari (Senigallia-Italy) on Plato’s and Aristotle’s political thought for high-school students.

♦January 27th 2003, Durham Classics Department: Political Friendship in Aristotle’s Nicomachean and Eudemian Ethics.

♦November-December 2004: Four Lectures held as guest lecturer at Macerata University (Italy) on Aristotle’s ethical thought.

♦ March 2007, Bologna University, Department of Philosophy: On Aristotle’s theory of Eudaimonia.  

♦ April 2008, Bologna University, Department of Philosophy: The role of beauty in Aristotle’s political philosophy. 

♦ May 2011: Seminar organized by the University of Pavia (department of Political Science) “What the Ancients can teach us on toleration and respect”.

♦ March 2012: Presentation of my book “Il bello come causalità metafisica in Aristotele”. University of Macerata. 

♦ 26 April 2012: Conference organized by the Scuola di Pace” Vincenzo Buccelletti di Senigallia: “La Fabbrica del Rispetto”.

♦ June 2012: Presentation and Discussion of Federico Zuolo “Senofonte. Ierone”. University of Pavia.

♦ March 2013: Seminar organized by the University of Pavia (department of Political Science) “Rispetto in seconda persona e istanze minoritarie. Un riconoscimento “opaco” dell’autorità?”

♦ May 2013: 2 public lectures on the theme “La violenza sulle donne” (violence on women) with the writere Dacia Maraini. Organized by the “comune di Senigallia” (Ancona). 

♦ 21 October 2015: Lecture at Istanbul Şehir University, Philosophy Department: “Self-Images of Socrates. Respect of Tradition and Philosophical Innovation in Plato’s Apology”.
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♦ March 2016: Lecture at the Department of humanistic studies, University of Trieste, “Immagini del Bello in Aristotle”. 	

GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS ACHIEVED:

◘ 2002-2003: Scholarship in classics provided by Salerno University. 

◘ 2002-2003: Scholarship in humanities provided by Bologna University for studies in a foreign country (refused for an incompatibility with the scholarship won in Salerno University)

◘ 2002-2003: Scholarship in humanities provided by Bologna University for research activity abroad (not accepted as incompatible with the one above). 

◘ 2001-2004: AHRB Award provided by the British Academy.

◘ January 2003: Bursary Award provided by Warwick University to attend  the Classical Association Centenary Conference (2003).  

◘ December 2003: Bursary Award provided by Durham Classics Dept. to attend the Leeds Classical Association Conference as a speaker (2004). 

◘ May 2006: Shortlisted for the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship competition. Title of Research Project: Between Metaphysics and Politics. Nature, Beauty and Truth in the Aristotelian Analysis of Men and Constitutions (Ranked A+)

◘ April 2007: Shortlisted for a postdoctoral position in philosophy at Stanford University (USA). 

◘ October 2016: Winner of a “Marco Polo” Scholarship, awarded by the University of Bologna for a three-month stay abroad (Madrid, Instituto Lucio Anneo Séneca-Estudios Clásicos Sobre la Sociedad y la Politica).

◘ September 2017: Winner of a “Marco Polo” Scholarship, awarded by the University of Bologna for a three-month stay abroad (Madrid, Instituto Lucio Anneo Séneca-Estudios Clásicos Sobre la Sociedad y la Politica).

◘ October 2017: Funding of “Alma Idea” Project (stanziati dall’Università di Bologna). Project title: “Ritorno al Futuro. La ricezione di letteratura, filosofia e Arte nella Società contemporanea (directed by Doctor Andrea Pellacani).

	

SUMMER SCHOOLS AND INDUCTION COURSES ATTENDED : 

◘ June-July 2003: Human Rights-Politics. Attended at the European University Institute-Florence (Italy). 

◘ 8th and 15th October 03. Two Half-day Induction Sessions on Teaching and Demonstrating.

	

Pubblicazioni

A.	Monographs:

1.	Irrera, E. (2011): Il bello come causalità metafisica in Aristotele, Milano. Mimesis Edizioni. 

2.	Irrera, E. (2012): Sulla bellezza della vita buona. Fini e criteri dell’agire umano in Aristotele, Chieti. Carabba Editrice.  

3.	Irrera, E. (2016): Figure del bello nella filosofia di Aristotele, Pistoia. Petite Plaisance editrice. 2016.

B.	Co-edited works:

1.	 Giorgini, G., Irrera, E. (2014): Rethinking Cicero as Political Philosopher, «Ethics and Politics», Trieste. EUT. 515 pp.

2.	Giorgini, G., Irrera, E. (2017): The Roots of Respect. A Historic-Philosophical Itinerary. Berlin. De Gruyter.

C.1: Articles in reviews:

1.	Irrera, E. (2001): Platone e L'irrazionale. Un'interpretazione della follia Dionisiaca [Plato and the irrational. An interpretation of the Dyonisian Frenzy], «Arcipelago», 6, pp. 13-21.

2.	Irrera, E. (2001): Philosophers and Corrupt Political Systems in Plato's ‘Republic', «Copula», 19, pp. 71-91.

3.	Irrera, E. (2005): Between Advantage and Virtue: Aristotle's Theory of Political Friendship, «History of Political Thought», 26, pp. 565-585.

4.	Irrera, E. (2006): Tra realtà e utopia. Il buon governante, il buon cittadino e la città ideale nella Politica di Aristotele, [Between reality and utopia. The good ruler, the good citizen, and the ideal city in Aristotle’s Politics], «La società degli individui», 26, pp. 59-70.

5.	Irrera, E. (2007): Immagini della vergogna tra antico e moderno [Images of shame between ancient and modern times], «Intersezioni», 27, pp. 5-22.

6.	Irrera, E. (2009): Le ragioni dell'utile e quelle del bello in Aristotele (Politica III, 10-11) [The reasons of utility and those of beauty in Aristotle, Politics III, 10-11], «Il Pensiero Politico», 42, pp. 289-313.

7.	Irrera, E. (2010): Striving for Contemplation. True Politicians vs good Politicians in Aristotle's Philosophy, «Elenchos», 3, pp. 77-110. 

8.	Irrera, E. (2010): Being a Good Ruler in a Deviant Community. Aristotle's Theory of the Polity, «Polis», 27, pp. 58-79.

9.	Irrera, E. (2012): Can a Good Citizen be a Good Ruler? An answer from Aristotle's Politics, «Acta Philosophica», 21, pp. 127-148.

10.	Irrera, E. (2013): A Eulogy of the Written Dialogue? Education, Beauty, and Progression in Plato’s Symposium, «Norwegian Journal of Philosophy» (Norsk Filosofisk Tidskkrift), 44, pp. 44-58. 

11.	Irrera, E. (2013): Pratica e attitudine della tolleranza in Aristotele. Una lettura contemporanea [Practice and attitude of toleration in Aristotle. A contemporary reading], «Il Pensiero Politico» 46, pp. 59-85.

12.	 Irrera, E. (2014): Tolleranze a confronto. Visioni contemporanee e la "Contro Midia" di Demostene [Comparing forms of tolerance. Contemporary views and Demosthenes’s Against Meidias], «Filosofia Politica», issue n. 3, pp. 467-486. 

13.	Irrera, E. (2016): The Normative Significance of Aristocratic Constitutions in Aristotle’s Politics «ΠHGH/Fons», 1, pp. 98-122.

14.	Irrera, E. (2017): Other Selves in Action. Similarity and Complementarity between Virtuous Persons in Aristotle’s Theory of Friendship, «Maia» 69, 1, pp. 47-67. 

15.	Irrera, E (2019. Forthcoming): Love of Beauty in Aristotle’s Politics. The Case of Ostracism «Lo Sguardo» 28(1). 

C.2: Contributions in edited books (with “peer-review” process):

1.	Irrera, E. (2005): Choosing One's Own Life: Individual Happiness and Political Expertise, in B.G. Renzi-S. Rainey (eds.), Noesis, Cambridge. Cambridge Scholar Press, pp. 73-96
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2.	Irrera, E. (2014): Cicero on Different Kinds of Respect for Persons. A ‘Darwallian’ Approach, in G. Giorgini and E. Irrera (eds.), Rethinking Cicero as Political Philosopher, cit., pp. 482-505. 

3.	Irrera, E., Sartini B. (2014): Rispetto, sicurezza e pluralismo alimentare. Tensioni concettuali e prospettive di conciliazione [Respect, Food Security and Pluralism. Conceptual Tensions and Perspectives of Reconciliation], in E. Ceva (ed.), Pluralismo Alimentare [Food Pluralism], «Notizie di Politeia» XXX, 114(2014), pp. 94-108.

4.	 Irrera, E. (2016): Food Security at Risk. A Matter of Dignity and Self-respect, in Mary Rawlinson (ed. By), Routledge Handbook on Food Ethics, London and New York. Routledge, pp.103-112.

5.	Irrera, E. (2018): Respect as an Object of Equal Distribution? Opacity, Individual Recognition and Second-Personal Authority, in Nurdane Şimşek, Stephen Snyder & Manuel Knoll (eds.), Pluralism and Conflict: Distributive Justice beyond Rawls and Consensus, Berlin. De Gruyter, pp. 423-439.

6.	Irrera, E. (2018), Perfect Friendship in the Political Realm. A Philosophical trait-d'union between the Nicomachean Ethics and the Politics?, in Emma Cohen de Lara and René Brouwer (eds.), Aristotle’s Practical Philosophy. On the Relationship between His Ethics and Politics Berlin: Springer, pp. 129-155.

7.	Irrera, E. (2018), Self-Images of Socrates. Respect of Tradition and Philosophical Innovation in Plato’s Apology, in K.O.G. Petersson and V. Valvik Haraldsen (eds), Defending a Philosophical Life: Readings of Plato’s Apology), Lanham (Maryland): Rowman&Littlefield, pp. 155-178.

8.	Irrera, E. (2018), Immagini dell’inclusione e dell’esclusione nel pensiero politico di Aristotele, in G. Lucchetta (a cura di), Schería. Scritti di antropologia politica. Potere ed esclusione. Vol. I, Chieti: Carabba Lanciano, pp. 11-45.

9.	Irrera, E., A Praise of The Philosophical Written Speech? Ethics and Philosophical Progression in Plato's Symposium" in Vigdis Songe-Møller (eds.), Philosophy as Drama: On Plato’s Way of Thinking through Dialogue, New York: Bloomsbury, 2019, pp. 29-49.

C.	Contributions in edited books (without peer review process):

1.	Irrera, E., Sartini, B. (2014): Sicurezza alimentare tra nutrizione e diversità culturale. Il problema dell'adeguatezza del cibo [Food security between nutrition and cultural diversity. The problem of food adequacy], in A. Massaro (ed. by), L’anima del cibo. Percorsi tra emozione e coscienza [The soul of food. Paths between emotion and consciousness], Roma. Aracne, pp. 83-88.

2.	Irrera, E. (2016): Placing Respect in the Foreground. Plato on Different Kinds of Recognition, in A. Havlíček (Ϯ), C. Horn and J. Jinek (eds.), Festschrift für F. Lisi, Nous, Polis, Nomos, Sankt Augustin. Academia Verlag, pp. 133-146.

3.	Irrera, E. (2017): Human Interaction in the State of Nature: Hobbes on Respect for Persons and Self-Respect, in G. Giorgini-Elena Irrera (eds.), The Roots of Respect. A Historic-Philosophical Itinerary, cit., pp. 109-130.

4.	Irrera, E. (2017): Il concetto di “bene umano” in Aristotele: assoluto o relativo? [The Concept of “Human Good” in Aristotle: Absolute or Relative?] In M. Migliori e A. Fermani (eds.), Assoluto e Relativo. Relativismo o gioco complesso di relazioni stabili e instabili? [Absolute and Relative. Relativism or complex game of stable and unstable relations?], Brescia. Morcelliana, pp. 71-92.

5.	Irrera, E. (2017): Primary Friendship in the City: Respect, Duties of Virtue and Other Selves in Aristotle’s Politics, in J. Jinek and V. Konradova (eds.), Koina ta tón filón, Praha. OIKOYMENH, pp. 193-210.

6.	Irrera, E. (2017): Il valore metodologico dell’amare “in modo bello” nel Simposio di Platone. Un antidoto al brutto e al cattivo [The methodological worth of loving “in a beautiful way” in Plato’s Symposium. A remedy against ugliness and badness], in M. Bracci (ed. by), Il bello, il brutto e il Cattivo [The fine, the ugly and the bad], Brescia. Cavinato Editore International, pp. 90-127.

1.	Articoli divulgativi di filosofia 

1a: “Requests for differential treatment as demands for respect”. October 2013 http://feedingrespect.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/requests-for-differential-treatment-as-demands-for-respect/
2: Cultural pluralism and food security issues”. October  2013
http://feedingrespect.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/cultural-pluralism-and-food-security-issues/
2.	Dalla misericordia giudaico-cristiana ad una misericordia laica: Un percorso praticabile? [English Tr. From a Judeo-Christian to a Secular Mercy. A Viable Path?]. January 2017. 
https://endoxai.net/2016/11/21/dalla-misericordia-giudaico-cristiana-ad-una-misericordia-laica-un-percorso-praticabile/
I codici della paura. Un viaggio nel mondo antico [English Tr. The Codes of Fear. A Gaze into the Ancient World]: March 2017. https://endoxai.net/2017/03/26/i-codici-della-paura-un-viaggio-nel-mondo-antico/
3.	Love and the Polis (a banchetto con Carrie Bradshaw, Platone e Ayn Rand) [Englis Tr. Love and the Polis. A symposium with Carrie Bradshaw, Plato and Ayn Rand]
https://endoxai.net/2017/09/25/love-and-the-polis-a-banchetto-con-carrie-bradshaw-platone-e-ayn-rand/ 

Reviews

1.	Irrera, E. (2000): J.P. Vernant, Tra Mito e Politica (Between Myth and Politics), «Filosofia Politica», 2, pp. 297-298.

2.	Irrera, E. (2000): J. Annas, Platonic Ethics. Old and New, «Il Pensiero Politico», 33, pp. 337-338.

3.	Irrera, E. (2003):  A. Capra, Agon Logon. Il Protagora di Platone tra Eristica e Commedia [Plato’s Protagoras, between Eristic and Comedy], «Journal of Hellenic Studies», 123, p. 257.

4.	Irrera, E. (2005): P. Rosati, Logoi Preplatonici. Tra logica e Letteratura [Pre-Platonic logoi. Between Logic and Literature], «Bollettino della società filosofica italiana», 186, pp. 84-85.

5.	Irrera, E. (2005): Richardson Lear, Happy Lives and the Highest Good, «Filosofia Politica», 19, pp. 253-254.

6.	Irrera, E. (2007): Eugene Garver, Confronting Aristotle's Ethics. Ancient and Modern Morality, «Il pensiero politico», 40, pp. 571-573.

7.	Irrera, E. (2008): R. Kraut (ed. by), The Blackwell Guide to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Oxford, Blackwell, 2006, «Il pensiero politico», 3, pp. 395-397.

8.	Irrera, E. (2012): Arianna Fermani (a cura di), Aristotele. Le tre Etiche [Aristotle. The three Ethics], Milano, Bompiani, 2008, «Il pensiero politico», 45, pp. 256-257.

9.	Irrera, E. (2012): Federico Zuolo (a cura di), Ierone o della Tirannide [Hiero or “on Tyranny], Roma, Carocci, 2012, «Il Pensiero Politico», 45, pp. 109-111.

10.	Irrera, E. (2012): Arianna Fermani (a cura di), L'etica di Aristotele. Il mondo della vita umana [English Translation: Aristotle’s Ethics. The world of human life], Brescia, Morcelliana, 2012, «Il Pensiero Politico» 45, pp. 256-257.

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