Costanzo Preve

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Costanzo Preve
Costanzo Preve on 22 April 2010
Born	(1943-04-14)14 April 1943 Valenza, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy
Died	23 November 2013(2013-11-23) (aged 70) Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Alma mater	University of Turin
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Revival of German idealism Western Marxism
Main interests	Marxist philosophy Ancient Greek philosophy Politics
Notable ideas	Communitarism Universalism Anti-capitalism

Costanzo Preve (14 April 1943 – 23 November 2013) was an Italian philosopher and a political theoretician.

Preve is widely considered one of the most important anti-capitalist European thinkers and a renowned expert in the history of Marxism. His thought is based on the Ancient Greek and idealistic tradition philosophy under the influence of Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Karl Marx. He is author of many essays and volumes about philosophical interpretation, communitarianism and universalism.