Gaetano Mosca
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The Honourable Gaetano Mosca |
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| Member of the Italian Royal Senate | |
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In office 6 October 1919 – 8 November 1941 |
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| Monarch | Victor Emmanuel III |
| Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies | |
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In office 24 March 1909 – 29 September 1919 |
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| Constituency | Caccamo |
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April 1, 1858 Palermo, Two Sicilies |
| Died | November 8, 1941 (aged 83) Rome, Italy |
| Political party | Historical Right |
| Alma mater | University of Palermo |
| Profession | Teacher, journalist |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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Philosophy career |
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| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Elitism |
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Main interests
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Politics, Economics, Sociology |
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Notable ideas
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Political class |
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Gaetano Mosca (1 April 1858 – 8 November 1941) was an Italian political scientist, journalist and public servant. He is credited with developing the Theory of Elitism and the doctrine of the Political class and is one of the three members constituting the Italian School of Elitists together with Vilfredo Pareto and Robert Michels.
Mosca earned a degree in law from the University of Palermo in 1881. In 1887 he moved to Rome and took a position as editor of proceedings of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy. Having taught occasionally at Palermo and Rome, Mosca became chair of constitutional law at the University of Turin in 1896. He would hold this position until 1924, when he settled permanently in Rome to occupy the chair of public law at the University of Rome. Mosca held several other academic positions throughout his life.
In 1909 Mosca was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Italy, in which he served until 1919. During this time, he served as Under-secretary for the Colonies from 1914 until 1916. In 1919, Mosca was nominated life senator of the Kingdom of Italy. He served actively in this capacity until 1926. During the Fascist dictatorship, Mosca retired to teach and research. In 1925 he signed the Manifesto of the Anti-Fascist Intellectuals.
During this time, Mosca also worked as a political journalist for the Corriere della Sera of Milan (after 1901) and the Tribuna of Rome (from 1911 to 1921).
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