The author, prof. Renato Cristin, is a professor of philosophical hermeneutics at the University of Trieste and was director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Berlin and scientific director of the Liberal Foundation. A publication that follows many others, more focused on the issues of European culture and the theme of identity such as: "Excuse the ego. For a phenomenology of identity (2009)", "The rebirth of Europe. Husserl, the European civilization and the destiny of the West (2001) "," Europe in the plural. Philosophy and politics for European unity (with S. Fontana) (1997) ".