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#UmbertoEco war einer der großen italienischen Gelehrten, seine Bibliothek ist legendär: Allein in seiner Mailänder Wohnung sammelte der Schriftsteller über 30.000 Werke. Die riesige Büchersammlung aus Mailand ist jetzt nach Bologna umgezogen – die Umberto Eco-Bibliothek hat im Sommer eröffnet.
https://www.ardsounds.de/episode/urn:ard:episode:ec6589284b3f44a8/
“ #Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a #book, we mustn’t ask ourselves what it says but what it means.” - #UmbertoEco
“ #Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a #book, we mustn’t ask ourselves what it says but what it means.” - #UmbertoEco
‘I spat in Sean Connery’s face 16 times’: Ron Perlman on making The Name of the Rose https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/05/sean-connery-ron-perlman-the-name-of-the-rose #Film #Culture #SeanConnery #ChristianSlater #RonPerlman #JeanjacquesAnnaud #UmbertoEco #Books #FilmAdaptations #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #DramaFilms
‘I spat in Sean Connery’s face 16 times’: Ron Perlman on making The Name of the Rose
By Interviews by Chris Broughton
‘When I couldn’t do the spitting scene, Sean took me aside and said: “Ron, if you don’t actually spit in my face, we’ll be here all day.” So I let one fly – and kept having to redo it’
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/05/sean-connery-ron-perlman-the-name-of-the-rose
#Film #Culture #SeanConnery #ChristianSlater #RonPerlman #JeanJacquesAnnaud #UmbertoEco #Books #Filmadaptations #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Dramafilms #TheGuardian #InterviewsbyChrisBroughton
En la semiòtica (l’estudi dels signes i el significat) i la narrativa d’Eco, el secret perfecte no és pas una fórmula científica o un document històric amagat en una caixa forta. El secret més poderós és aquell que no conté res.
https://mohauk.net/2026/09/29/el-secret-buit/
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Auguri, Dylan. Ti rivedo negli "anta" e posso dirti che forse un po' mi sei mancato.
In un mondo di cattivi maestri sei il fratello maggiore che ognuno di noi dovrebbe avere al suo fianco.
Grazie per l'appoggio che non è mai mancato, per le citazioni che si sono sprecate e per il coraggio che abbiamo sempre trovato.
Ne hai salvati tanti, credimi.
Auguri di cuore, old boy.
La síndrome de la sospita i la connexió obsessiva constitueixen el motor intel·lectual i emocional de qualsevol teoria de la conspiració. Per a Umberto Eco, aquest mecanisme no és pas un simple error de lògica, sinó una vertadera malaltia del sentit on la ment, incapaç de tolerar el caos o l’atzar, força la realitat fins que encaixa en un esquema preconcebut.
https://mohauk.net/2026/09/25/ideacio-paranoide/
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@conspiranoies #umbertoeco
Umberto Eco va ser un dels grans analistes i precursors en l’estudi de la psicologia i la mecànica de les teories de la conspiració. Molt abans de l’era d’Internet, de les xarxes socials i de fenòmens com QAnon o el negacionisme de les vacunes, Eco ja havia desmuntat amb una precisió gairebé quirúrgica com es construeix, es propaga i funciona la ment conspiranoica.
https://mohauk.net/2026/09/24/la-sindrome-conspiranoica/
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Creativity can only be anarchic, capitalist, Darwinian.
-- Umberto Eco
TIL: oggi ho scoperto la “regola del buon vicino” di Aby Warburg applicata dal grandissimo Umberto Eco alla sua amata biblioteca.
In pratica: il libro che stai cercando è utile, ma quello accanto potrebbe esserlo ancora di più per affinità.
Quasi quasi la applico anche ai miei vinili.
Serendipità, con scaffali.
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"Ricostruire la mitica biblioteca di Umberto Eco
Decine di migliaia dei libri che conservava nella sua casa di Milano sono da poco accessibili al pubblico a Bologna, nel complicato ordine originale"
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https://www.ilpost.it/2026/09/21/bologna-biblioteca-libri-umberto-eco/
Un deepfake di Giorgia Meloni viene usato sia dalla destra che dalla sinistra per motivi opposti. Stessa clip, letture opposte, stessa viralità. Non è solo un inganno digitale: è l’#UrFascismo teorizzato da #UmbertoEco nel 1995, che i social media hanno trasformato in un modello di business basato sull'indignazione.
https://www.liberopensiero.eu/18/09/2026/cultura/ur-fascismo-oggi/?fsp_sid=9493
Der Begriff „#Faschismus“ war mir immer sehr schwammig. Nun las ich hier (https://www.pressenza.com/de/2017/10/14-merkmale-des-ur-faschismus-nach-umberto-eco/), dass #UmbertoEco 14 Merkmale herausarbeitete:
1. Traditionenkult.
Der Traditionalismus als Gegenbewegung zum Synkretismus (Vermischung verschiedener Religionen, Konfessionen, philosophischer Lehren) → „Es kann keinen Fortschritt der Erkenntnis geben, die Wahrheit ist ein für allemal verlautbart“.
Voilà, j'ai terminé le livre "Reconnaitre le fascisme" d'Umberto Eco. C'est tout petit, mais fondamental. 🌱
Tout est très précis et s'enchaîne logiquement. On sent que l'auteur y a longuement réfléchi. Ca permet finalement de définir assez justement les contours du fascisme. En c'est temps troublé ça peut servir. 😅
( Je pense écrire un petit truc prochainement sur mon #cybercarnet à ce sujet.... )
@valoisa Tosin taitaa olla niin, että ensimmäisenä saman totuuden lausui #UmbertoEco Matka arkipäivän epätodellisuuteen -kirjassaan.
It's timeless. You can read it not often enough. It's important. Umberto Ecos whole #essay about #UrFascism. Eco composed the text for a speech at a conference at Columbia University on April 25th 1995 under the rubric "Eternal Fascism". https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism
#UmbertoEco #longread #NoToFascism #resist #mustread #elections #Wahlen
I see yet another thread where reasonable and respectful users receive undeserved accusations, getting silenced by other users who aren't even trying to understand.
When this happens, #UmbertoEco's words come to my mind.
In his #UrFascism essay he talked about the #Resistance movement in Italy.
A key figure in the fight against Mussolini was #EdgardoSogno. He wasn't a #Communist, rather a reactionary monarchist. Yep, that's right.
Divisions only make us weaker.
https://ia802906.us.archive.org/31/items/umberto-eco-ur-fascism/umberto-eco-ur-fascism.pdf
Se tante città italiane hanno un corso o una piazza #PietroMicca, è perché 320 anni fa il nostro si fece saltare in aria per impedire la conquista di #Torino da parte dei francesi. Conosciamolo meglio grazie a questa sua intervista rilasciata ad #UmbertoEco con la regia di #AndreaCamilleri. Via Asiago 10 | Rai Radio Techetè | RaiPlay Sound https://www.raiplaysound.it/audio/2020/09/Le-interviste-impossibili--Umberto-Eco-incontra-Pietro-Micca-202868bd-7e39-49b7-89df-4014ae083d36.html
#Colombia 🇨🇴 | (...) ordenar bien los libros no es solamente un tema estilístico o bibliotecológico, es más bien un tema de vida o de muerte, y la biblioteca de Umberto Eco nos ayuda a tener herramientas para encarar esta responsabilidad de forma más consciente.
https://www.desdeabajo.info/ediciones/edicion-no338/item/desordena-tus-libros.html
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Any error can be the unrecognized bearer of truth.
-- Umberto Eco
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This is not a question of opinion; Putin’s Russia is fascist. It ticks every box of every definition of fascism ever written (by a respected scholar).
Only igorant fools, or pretend internet journalists, either cowards or exploiting cowardice in trying to carve a niche in trying to prove the experts wrong, would say it is not..
Or the worst, actually smart people hiding behind ambiguity, the ”maybe”.. 🤦♂️
𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒔
How does the map overwrite the physical territory it claims to represent?
Umberto Eco, Jean Baudrillard, Yi-Fu Tuan, Walter Benjamin along with
Mark Twain, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and others!
https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/building-fantasies/
#frictionalreading #booksandsociety #literarygeography #readingforchange #umbertoeco #jeanbaudrillard #walterbenjamin #marktwain #lmmontgomery #simulations
𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒔
How does the map overwrite the physical territory it claims to represent?
Today we look at literary simulations, from the bedroom of Victor Hugo to the Orlando welter of parks and rides.
https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/building-fantasies/
#frictionalreading #booksandsociety #bookphilosophy #bookpodcast #literarycriticism #travelwriting #travelogues #books #umbertoeco #jeanbaudrillard #walterbenjamin #marktwain #lmmontgomery #simulations
"Freedom and liberation are an unending task." Ur-Fascism by Umberto Eco is well worth a read. https://ia802906.us.archive.org/31/items/umberto-eco-ur-fascism/umberto-eco-ur-fascism.pdf #fascism #antifascism #mussolini #hitler #umbertoeco
📖 #vendrediLecture (n°61)
" Un rêve est une écriture et maintes écritures ne sont que des rêves ".
Umberto ECO, Le Nom de la rose.
Livre qu'on peut relire sans fin. Le plaisir reste, sauf celui de la première fois, à jamais disparu.
#Mastolivre
#bookstodon
#livres
#Books
#UmbertoEco
#Eco
#MiddleAges
#currentlyreading
I’m finishing up Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy. After that, either the last 75 pages of A Theory of Semiotics by #UmbertoEco or a re-read of The World Jones Made by #PhilipKDick.
#books #BookSky
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mrznchm2qk25
I’m finishing up Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy. After that, either the last 75 pages of A Theory of Semiotics by #UmbertoEco or a re-read of The World Jones Made by #PhilipKDick.
#books #BookSky
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mrznchm2qk25
Cuando la #Naturaleza recupera su sitio 📚🛤️ https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2022/06/cuando-la-naturaleza-recupera-su-sitio.html Un paseo por obras en las que la naturaleza ha invadido construcciones y recupera su lugar. Con obras de #GarciaMarquez, #UmbertoEco, #DaphneduMaurier, #Tchaikovsky, #RimskyKorsakov y #FranzWaxman
Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism
https://www.openculture.com/2024/11/umberto-ecos-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html
Cuando la #Naturaleza recupera su sitio 📚🌳🪵 https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2022/06/cuando-la-naturaleza-recupera-su-sitio.html Un paseo por obras en las que la naturaleza ha invadido construcciones y recupera su lugar. Con obras de #GarciaMarquez, #UmbertoEco, #DaphneduMaurier, #Tchaikovsky, #RimskyKorsakov y #FranzWaxman
#UmbertoEco’s Personal #Library Opens to the Public: More Than 32,000 Books, Exactly as He Left Them
https://www.openculture.com/2026/07/umberto-ecos-personal-library-opens-to-the-public.html
Aus Gründen mal wieder #UrFaschismus in derber Sprache, frei nach #UmbertoEco.
"The spaces are organised into thematic rooms that reflect the layout of the original library and evoke the main areas of Eco's thought."
Sigh. It would be wonderful to visit and tour the newly opened Umberto Eco library at the University of Bologna where he taught for many years. So far it contains 32,000 of his books from his home and study in Milan, the rest of his books from his country house are yet to be added. Eco's way of organizing his books is preserved in the library.
#libraries #books #UmbertoEco @bookstodon
https://magazine.unibo.it/en/articles/eco-library-opens-in-bologna
Notes on Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco
(Pictured: Rhodes Cemetery, Greece. A rose cross monument dedicated to the Knights of Rhodes – I think)
It’s unfair that people compare Foucault’s Pendulum to Ulysses.
Ulysses is a novel that spans an entire day but some take years to finish. On the other hand, Eco’s Pendulum is a novel that covers a few years but can be read in a few days. Sure, they are both abundant in references, but the story in Ulysses is obscured precisely by all these references. Pendulum‘s references, on the other hand, might get overwhelming but this is part of its charm.
I won’t give spoilers, especially for the ending, I’ll just mention what’s probably on the book jacket: the story follows three editors who make up a conspiracy theory concerning the Knights Templar. Being a philosopher and medievalist, Eco of course has fun with this story and inserts an uncountable number of references to historical characters, events, books and so on. You can follow along and join the madness, sure, or just nod and carry on, like you do when that relative starts spouting InfoWars talking points at Christmas dinner…
Apophenia is people’s tendency to find patterns and connections within seemingly unrelated things. Wouldn’t you know it, I had such a fun time with this book because I became one of the characters for a week. I had no idea what it was about when I picked it as my June beach read in Rhodes. And wouldn’t you know it, a few of the book’s major plot points happen right in the middle of June. And while Rhodes wasn’t the Templar’s headquarters, it was, for a few centuries, the HQ of the Knights Hospitaller (Knights of St. John, or the Knights of Malta today). So of course I had so many connections around me – the symbol of the Rose Cross, the sculptures of Knights, the flags. It was exactly like if I randomly picked up Ulysses and read it on a trip to Dublin. Which I haven’t done.
What is most hilarious is that the Knights Templar conspiracies aren’t exactly recent. They started around the 1700s. Freemasonry started as medieval guilds, but they wanted to have a fancier history so they made up a connection to the Templars. In the 1950’s another chapter starts, with Pierre Plantard who… planted fake documents in the French Archives, and started the whole “Priory of Sion” conspiracy. In 1982 comes the final blow, where three Brits read the Priory stuff and make up their own crap about “The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail”, where they make up a conspiracy that the Templars were hiding the bloodline of Christ. Does this sound familiar?
Eco probably read all this stuff and found it absolutely hilarious, so he made his own version about these nutjobs… And yet 15 years later comes Dan Brown and his audacity DaVinci Code. Without any sense of shame, he decides to embody the satirised characters in Eco’s Pendulum, publishing his own conspiracy, making it a bestseller, stirring the pot for decades to come. It’s a damn shame because the Templars’ actual history is fascinating in and of itself, they didn’t need bells and whistles added…
It is also, in a way, irresponsible, because one of the lessons of Foucault’s Pendulum is that fiction has power and can affect the real world. Yes, the consequences in Eco’s book are fictional, but we’ve seen far too often how made-up conspiracies become real for some. Just wait for Christmas and ask that InfoWars relative.
#Books #DanBrown #KnightsTemplar #UmbertoEco
A plot, if there is to be one, must be a secret. A secret that, if we only knew it, would dispel our frustration, lead us to salvation; or else the knowing of it in itself would be salvation. Does such a luminous secret exist? Yes, provided it is never known. Known, it will only disappoint us.
-- Umberto Eco
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Any error can be the unrecognized bearer of truth.
-- Umberto Eco
⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #UmbertoEco #Error
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
