Abstract EN:

An established fact : The multiplication of reviews dealing with philosophical and general issues bath in Italy and France at the end of the last century and at the beginning of the twentieth century. Assumption : Could not such a proliferation evidence the need feld by all intellectuels not only to get orgnized but also to organize the political and cultural activities and production of their time ? Research : With the help of a time-honoured italian review, "La Critica" , our purpose will be to investigate : - how such a philisopher as Benedetto Croce, to whose thought universal tribute has recently been paid, come to jeopardize his budding prestige by launching out into controversial reviewing. - how, through the working of his criticism exclusively, he succeeded in making his criteria accepted by all. - how, standing apart, he managed to keep a critical attitude at a time when his fellow-countrymen flocked together to support national, even nationalistic, doctrines. - how, confronted with the irresistible ascension of facism, criticism turned to political commitment. In short, the purpose of this thesis is to analyse how an intellectual has been able, through a philosophical review,. . .