Gino Zaccaria is an Italian philosopher known for his work on phenomenology, ontology, and aesthetics, particularly in relation to poetry. He is Senior Professor (Italian: "professore senior") of Philosophy and Aesthetics at Bocconi University in Milan.
Classically educated, Zaccaria studied at Bocconi University and the ÃÂcole des Hautes ÃÂtudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He initially worked in logic and linguistic pragmatics before turning to philosophical hermeneutics and phenomenology. He is also the co-director of the journal eudia â Yearbook for Philosophy, Poetry and Art. Since 2012, he has been involved in the trans-disciplinary project ScienzaNuova, exploring the relation between philosophy and the natural sciences.
Contemporary reviews and critical responses note that, in Italy, his editions of Heidegger's Political Writings (1998) and The Origin of the Work of Art (2000, with Ivo De Gennaro) prompted sustained critical discussion in the press and in specialist venues.In 2024, a Festschrift titled Verso gli speranti. Scritti in onore di Gino Zaccaria ("Towards the Hoping Things: Writings in Honor of Gino Zaccaria") was published. Contributors included Columbia University philosopher Achille C. Varzi. His essay, "I limiti del linguaggio e la via negativa" (The Limits of Language and the Negative Way), critically analyzed Zaccaria's 2021 book The Enigma of Art, focusing on its contribution to the English philosophical lexicon, such as the use of the term beënt to clarify the phenomenological concept of being ().