Ida Magli

Ida Magli (5 January 1925 – 21 February 2016) was an Italian cultural anthropologist, philosopher, feminist, essayist, and journalist. She applied anthropological methods in her research works on Italian and European societies. She also studied women's history by identifying the roots of male domination on women. During the last years of her life, she took critical positions against the unification of Europe.

Life and career Ida Magli was born in Rome, Italy, on 5 January 1925. She obtained a diploma in piano from the Santa Cecilia Conservatory. She later graduated in philosophy from the Sapienza University of Rome with a specialization in medical psychology. She also wrote her experimental thesis on language radio.

Against the unification of Europe She opposed a united Europe and took critical position on the unification of Europe through her publications such as that who didn't tell you about Maastricht (1997), The European Dictatorship (2010), After the West (2012) and Defending Italy (2013).

Journalism Along with her academic and research works, she actively involved in the journalistic sector. For years, she regularly wrote articles in the newspapers la Repubblica, L'Espresso and Il Giornale. In 1976, she cofounded the international journal of anthropological studies on women, and became its director. This was the first Italian journal dedicated to studies of feminist historical and socio-anthropological issues. From 1989 to 1992, she also served as a director of the Journal of Cultural Anthropology.