Clean Slates, Slates of Problems: Adventures of Cancel Culture

Abstract

As controversy is the common thread of this column, it’s worth dealing with the one about Cancel Culture, nowadays among the most burning and most unsolved: Giancarlo Alfano explores one of its most dramatic explications, the demolishment of statues and monuments; Clotilde Bertoni considers some recurring topics (and some recurring unbalances) of the discussion; Pasquale Palmieri analyzes the intricate relationship between authority and society which forms its background, and its impact on communication’s dynamics.