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The ‘Olivettian concept of the “masses” and “individuals” […] is influenced by a pessimistic tradition in democracy which might be dated back to Burke’s critique of the French revolution and was very likely connected (though not explicitly) to the positivist and anti-parliamentarian movement in France and Italy, from Le Bon to Pareto, well known to the young Olivetti’: one might agree with this observation, but it is worth clarifying to what extent this influence is present in the Weltanschauung of the entrepreneur from Ivrea.
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Cadeddu, D. (2012). Puzzled Democracy. In: Reimagining Democracy. The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences, vol 15. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3259-3_6
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