Giovanni Balducci (essayist)

He was born in Apulia and earned a bachelor's degree in law, specializing in Sociology of law, focusing on microsociology and symbolic interactionism for his thesis.

He authored a sociological essay titled La vita quotidiana come gioco di ruolo. Dal concetto di face in Goffman alla labeling theory della scuola di Chicago.[1] This essay is included in the collections of numerous significant libraries in both Italy and abroad, notably at the University libraries of Oxford and Yale, the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), and the Library of Congress in Washington.

His interdisciplinary approach extended to philosophy and literature[2] with a distinct emphasis on political, habitual, and collective imaginary aspects. He composed essays on the philosophy of history, including Sotto la cupola del vero. Breviario della Tradizione,[3] which drew inspiration from the works of René Guénon and the philosophical tradition of perennialism. Additionally, he explored the lives and works of notable figures such as Giuseppe Mazzini, Franz Cumont,[4] Mario Praz,[5][6][7] Collin de Plancy[8] and the enigmatic Gilles de Rais.[9] Furthermore, he pursued a career as a translator, rendering works by authors such as Joris Karl Huysmans, Lucian, Henry de Montherlant,[10] Franz Cumont, Collin de Plancy into various languages.

In the year 2022, he made a significant discovery, collaborating with his brother Giuseppe, that culminated in the publication of an unpublished work by Marcel Proust. This work notably references the Impresa di Fiume, an undertaking led by the renowned Italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio. Their discovery garnered notable attention, with coverage from reputable sources such as Il Sole 24 Ore[11][12] and TG2.[13]

In 2019, he contributed an essay titled La dottrina della preesistenza to the historical journal Arthos. Additionally, in 2019 and 2021, he collaborated with the international political journal Almanacco Repubblicano, authoring essays titled Nietzsche, Mazzini e l’idea di Europa and Un mondo nuovo: sì ma quale? respectively.

• La vita quotidiana come gioco di ruolo. Dal concetto di face in Goffman alla labeling theory della scuola di Chicago, Mimesis, 2021
• D'Annunzio de' Francesi, in Marcel Proust, Soggiorno a Venezia. D'Annunzio nella "Recherche", edited by Giovanni and Giuseppe Balducci, preface by Takashi Inoue, Luni Editrice, 2022
• Sotto la cupola del vero. Breviario della Tradizione, Solfanelli, 2023
• Henry de Montherlant, Giulio Cesare. Dialogo con un'ombra, edited and translated by Giovanni Balducci, Aragno, 2023
• J.-K Huysmans, Gilles de Rais. La stregoneria nel Poitou, edited and translated by Giovanni Balducci, Aragno, 2023.
• Ritratto di Mario Praz, in Mario Praz, Omelette soufflée à l'antiquaire. Elogio degli antiquari, edited by Giovanni and Giuseppe Balducci, Aragno, 2023.
• Introduzione, in Franz Cumont, Il Taurobolio, edited and translated by Giovanni Balducci, Aragno, 2023.
• Introduzione, in J. Collin de Plancy, Storia dei vampiri e degli spiriti malefici, edited and translated by Giovanni Balducci, Luni Editrice, 2023