Ida Magli
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Ida Magli (5 January 1925 – 21 February 2016) was an Italian cultural anthropologist, philosopher, feminist, essayist, and journalist.[1][2][3] She applied anthropological methods in her research works on Italian and European societies. She also studied women's history by identifying the roots of male domination on women.[4] During the last years of her life, she took critical positions against the unification of Europe.[3][5][6]
Ida Magli was born in Rome, Italy, on 5 January 1925. She obtained a diploma in piano from the Santa Cecilia Conservatory. She later graduated in philosophy from the Sapienza University of Rome with a specialization in medical psychology. She also wrote her experimental thesis on language radio.[1]
She became a professor of social psychology at the University of Siena and subsequently of cultural anthropology at the Sapienza University of Rome, a position she held until her retirement in 1988.[3][1][5]
In 2015, to recognize her literary contributions, she was awarded with the Vittoriale prize.[1]
