Croce e i fiorentini durante la Prima guerra mondiale. Un fronte franco-tedesco nella filosofia italiana

The dispute between interventionists and neutralists opposes two fronts in the Italian philosophical landscape, where the Neapolitan pole dominated by Croce opposes the city of Florence - home of the French Institute and seat of literary and artistic circles close to Futurism and Bergsonism. From the beginning of the war, the Florentine journals “La Voce” and “Lacerba” publish frequent attacks on Germanic culture. Croce reacts from the pages of “La Critica” and “Italia Nostra”. The typical themes of French anti-German propaganda reverberate on the Italian political and philosophical debate, adapting to the peculiarity of its cultural context.