Diego Lazzarich

Diego Lazzarich is Professor of History of Political Thought. He teaches History of Political Thought and Political Theory in B.A., M.A, and Ph.D. courses at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”, in Italy. He is also a member of the Lecturer’s Committee of the Ph.D. program in International Studies at the same university. He has been visiting researcher/professor in European, American and Australasian universities, and he is Editor-in-chief of the academic journal “Politics. Rivista di Studi Politici” (ISSN: 2785-7719).

His main research themes are: war in history of Modern political thought; the history of the concept of gratitude and its relation with Western political theories from ancient to modern times, in a global perspective. On these themes he has published several academic articles and three books: Guerra e pensiero politico. Percorsi novecenteschi 2008; Stato moderno e diritto delle genti. Vattel tra politica e guerra, 2016; Gratitudine politica I: dall’età classica al Medioevo, 2019 (part 1 of his research on political gratitude).