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Diderot, Dewey, and Della Volpe. His publications include: Piacere e
bellezza (2000), Il comico tra estetica e filosofia (2001), L’esperienza pre-
caria. Filosofie del sensibile (2006), Il mondo che appare. Storie di fenomeni
(2011), Arti, linguaggio, tecnica. Per un’estetica dei mezzi espressivi
(2018).

MARIA T. BETTETINI currently teaches aesthetics at the International
University of Languages and Media IULM in Milan and taught Histo-
ry of Medieval Philosopy at the Ca’ Foscari University in Venice. She
directs the series Il Pensiero Occidentale at the bompiani publishing
house. She contributes to the Italian national newspaper «Sole 24Ore»
cultural pages. Her research interests centre on the ancient and me-
dieval roots of contemporary thought. Among her recent publica-
tions: Breve storia della bugia (Milan 2001, several times re-edited and
translated into 7 languages), Figure di verità. La finzione nel Medioevo oc-
cidentale (Turin 2004), Contro le immagini: alle radici dell’iconoclastia (bari-
Rome 2006), Distruggere il passato. L’iconoclastia dall’Islam all’Isis (Milan
2016).

MICHELE NAPOLITANO teaches Greek language and literature at the
Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale. He is a contributor of
«Atlante», the Istituto Treccani portal. He is a member of the board of
Directors of the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena.

GÜNTER RADDEN is professor emeritus of English linguistics at Ham-
burg University. He has held academic positions at the universities of
Newcastle, Trier, Siegen and Hamburg, was a visiting scholar at the
Universities of berkeley, San Diego, Osaka, bergen, and a guest pro-
fessor at Kraków, Warsaw and Debrecen. He has co-organized natio-
nal and international conferences and been invited to present lectures
at universities in numerous countries. His publications include 3
books and 10 co-edited books on various cognitive linguistic issues
and about 65 articles. The areas covered include case grammar, pre-
positions, cognitive grammar, conceptual metaphor and metonymy,
concept of time, modality, and motivation in language. His current
fields of research include cognitive grammar, conceptual metonymy,
and motivation in language.

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