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Massimo Cacciari (June 5, 1944) is an Italian philosopher and politician, currently mayor of Venice, Italy.

Life

Born in Venice, Massimo Cacciari graduated in philosophy from the University of Padua (1967), and since 1985, has been professor of Aesthetics at the Architecture Institute of Venice. Massimo Cacciari has founded several philosophical reviews and published essays centred on the "negative thought" inspired by authors like Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger and Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Cacciari has also worked with renowned Italian composer and communist, Luigi Nono. Nono was working on the works Io and Das Atmende Klarsein and the opera Prometeo at this time.

After a brief affiliation with Potere Operaio, a radical left-wing worker's party, Cacciari joined the Italian Communist Party (PCI), holding positions which seemed to have little connection to his philosophical interests. In the 1970s he was responsible for industrial politics for the PCI Veneto section and, in 1976, he was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies, where he was a member of the Parliamentary commission for industry (1976-1983).

After the death of Enrico Berlinguer (1984), he left the Communisty Party and switched to more moderate positions, although he never left the Centre-Left coalition. In 1993 he was elected mayor of Venice, a position he held until 2000. Cacciari was also put forth as the future national leader of the coalition, later named Olive Tree, but his defeat in the 2000 election as governor of the Veneto region made this occasion wane. In 2005 he was again elected mayor of Venice, winning the center-left primaries against former magistrate Felice Casson.

Selected works

Krisis (1976)
Pensiero negativo e razionalizzazione (1977)
Dallo Steinhof (1980)
Icone della legge (1985)
L'angelo necessario (1986)
Dell'inizio (1990)

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 ==Life==
-Born in Venice, he graduated in philosophy at the [[University of Padua]] (1967), and, since, 1985 he was professor of [[Aesthetics]] at the Architecture Institute of Venice. He founded several philosophical reviews and published [[essay]]s centred on the "''negative thought''" inspired by authors like [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], [[Martin Heidegger]] and [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]].
+Born in Venice, Massimo Cacciari graduated in philosophy from the [[University of Padua]] (1967), and since 1985, has been professor of [[Aesthetics]] at the Architecture Institute of Venice. Massimo Cacciari has founded several philosophical reviews and published [[essay]]s centred on the "''negative thought''" inspired by authors like [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], [[Martin Heidegger]] and [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]].
-Cacciari also worked with renowned Italian composer and communist, Luigi Nono.  Nono was working on the works Io and Das Atmende Klarsein and the opera Prometeo at this time.
+Cacciari has also worked with renowned Italian composer and communist, Luigi Nono.  Nono was working on the works Io and Das Atmende Klarsein and the opera Prometeo at this time.
-After a brief affiliation with [[Potere Operaio]], Cacciari adhered to the [[Italian Communist Party]] (PCI), holding positions which seemed to have little connection to his philosophical interests: in the 1970s he was responsible for industrial politics for the PCI [[Veneto]] section and, elected to the [[Italian Chamber of Deputies]] in 1976-1983, he was a member of the [[Italian Parliament|Parliamentary]] commission for industry.
+After a brief affiliation with [[Potere Operaio]], a radical left-wing worker's party, Cacciari joined the [[Italian Communist Party]] (PCI), holding positions which seemed to have little connection to his philosophical interests.  In the 1970s he was responsible for industrial politics for the PCI [[Veneto]] section and, in 1976, he was elected to the [[Italian Chamber of Deputies]], where he was a member of the [[Italian Parliament|Parliamentary]] commission for industry (1976-1983).
+After the death of [[Enrico Berlinguer]] (1984), he left the Communisty Party and switched to more moderate positions, although he never left the Centre-Left coalition. In 1993 he was elected mayor of Venice, a position he held until 2000. Cacciari was also put forth as the future national leader of the coalition, later named [[Olive Tree]], but his defeat in the 2000 election as governor of the Veneto region made this occasion wane. In 2005 he was again elected mayor of Venice, winning the center-left primaries against former magistrate [[Felice Casson]].
-After the death of [[Enrico Berlinguer]] (1984), he left the party and switched to more moderate positions, although he never left the Centre-Left coalition. In 1993 he was elected mayor of Venice, a position he held until 2000. Cacciari was also proposed as the future national leader of the coalition, later named [[Olive Tree]], but his defeat in the 2000 election as governor of the Veneto region made this occasion wane. In 2005 he was again elected mayor of Venice, winning the center-left primaries against former magistrate [[Felice Casson]].
 ==Selected works==