Cultural Journals, the «Rivista Rosminiana» and Catholic Pedagogy in the Early 20th Century

Abstract

The article presents methods and contents of the author’s 2023 book Tra herbartiani e neoidealisti. La pedagogia nelle riviste cattoliche del primo Novecento [Between Herbartians and Neoidealists. Pedagogy in the Catholic Journals of the Early 20th Century]. The essay focuses on the role of the journals in the pedagogical debate in the Giolitti era, but also on their function in the field of educational historiography. An important part of the present discussion is dedicated to the role of Rosminian pedagogy and its presence in the four periodicals studied, especially in the «Rivista Rosminiana».