Gaetano Mosca
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Key facts
- Constituency
- Caccamo
- Born
- ( 1858-04-01 ) 1 April 1858, Palermo , Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Died
- 8 November 1941 (1941-11-08) (aged 83), Rome , Italy
- Party
- Historical Right
- Alma mater
- University of Palermo
- Profession
- Teacher , journalist
- Era
- 20th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Italian school of elitism
- Main interests
- Politics , economics , sociology
- Notable ideas
- Political class , political formula (a set of doctrines propagated by the ruling elites), elite theory
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gaetano
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Palermo
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- historian
- Educated at
- University of Palermo
- Employer
- Bocconi University
- Political party
- Historical Right
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Academic degree
- laurea
- Image
- Gaetano Mosca.gif
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- Commons category
- Gaetano Mosca
- date of birth
- 1858-04-01
- date of death
- 1941-11-08
- name in native language
- Gaetano Mosca
- writing language
- Italian
- member of
- Royal Academy of Italy
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Encyclopedic overview
Gaetano Mosca COSML COCI SoK ( Italian: [ɡaeˈtaːno ˈmoska]; 1 April 1858 – 8 November 1941) was an Italian political scientist, journalist and public servant. He is credited with developing the elite theory and the doctrine of the political class and is one of the three members constituting the Italian school of elitism together with Vilfredo Pareto and Robert Michels.
Life
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