EdiM - Edizioni di Maieutica

EdiM - Edizioni di Maieutica is an Italian independent publishing house (casa editrice) based in Milan. Its name derives from the Socratic concept of maieutics — the art of intellectual midwifery — which the publisher cites via Plato's Theaetetus as the guiding metaphor for its editorial mission: helping readers bring forth their own knowledge rather than simply transmitting doctrine. The press states that it exists to foster research, introspection and knowledge, offering tools to readers who wish to enrich themselves without prejudice and to range across the territories of spirituality, nature, poetry, art and the pressing questions of the contemporary world, approached from a broad and supra-temporal perspective. The publishing house began as an editorial imprint dedicated to publishing the texts of conferences and seminars inspired by the work of Tullio Castellani (1892–1977), described as a charismatic figure devoted to interrogating multiple disciplines in search of answers to the deep needs of human beings. Today Edizioni di Maieutica continues that path, drawing on roughly twenty years of experience to guide its choice of themes and the care of its publications, and collaborating with various cultural realities active in Italy and abroad. Its primary interest is described as seeking out the seeds of social and cultural change and describing them in pages centred on the human being. EdiM's catalogue spans titles on inner criticism of fascism, love, the heart, Indian spirituality, farm mysticism and the life of Krishnamurti, among others. The publisher maintains a cultural responsibility role held by Monica Dematté and an editorial and graphics function held by Elisa Di Pinto. It is associated with the Fondazione Tullio Castellani, and its website notes that online purchases are temporarily unavailable, with books to return soon, directing enquiries to its editorial email address. The house also runs a newsletter and organises events and meetings.

Edizioni di Maieutica traces its origins to an editorial imprint created to publish the texts of conferences and seminars inspired by the work of Tullio Castellani (1892–1977). Castellani is presented by the publisher as a figure of great charisma who devoted himself to interrogating many disciplines in an effort to answer the deep needs of the human being. The imprint's early identity was therefore closely tied to preserving and circulating that body of thought. Over time the press broadened its scope. According to its own account, Edizioni di Maieutica now continues its journey with roughly twenty years of experience behind it, experience that helps it orient itself in the selection of themes and in the care taken over its publications. It also works in collaboration with various cultural realities active in Italy and abroad. Its stated primary interest is to seek out the seeds of social and cultural change and to describe them in pages that place the human being at the centre. The publisher's name and self-understanding are explicitly Socratic: on its 'Chi siamo' page it quotes Plato's Theaetetus on maieutics — the art of the midwife — to explain that it does not claim to be wise itself, but rather that those who spend time with it discover and give birth to many fine things from within themselves. This maieutic framing shapes the catalogue, which ranges across spirituality, nature, poetry, art and the burning questions of the contemporary world, approached, in the publisher's words, from a vast and supra-temporal perspective. The house is associated with the Fondazione Tullio Castellani, which appears in the site's navigation alongside its book, events and 'Nutrirsi' sections. Its editorial team includes Monica Dematté as cultural manager and Elisa Di Pinto handling editorial work and graphics. Recent and featured titles include 'Critica interiore del fascismo' by Tullio Castellani, 'Fatto di una parola Amore' by Germana Marucelli, 'Il messaggio del cuore' by Reinhard Friedl, 'Krishnamurti. Tutta una vita' by Mary Lutyens, 'Mistica della fattoria' by Jeanne Bémer-Sauvan, 'Tutto è sacro in India' by Giuliano Boccali with Sabirna Ciolfi, and 'Nutrirsi. Stagioni'. The website also carries quotations from Giuseppe Ungaretti and Eugenio Montale, reflecting the literary and poetic strand of its identity. At the time of the available evidence the site stated that online purchases were temporarily unavailable but that its books would soon return, with enquiries directed to its editorial email address.

• Editorial imprint established to publish conference and seminar texts inspired by Tullio Castellani (1892–1977).

• Publisher reports roughly twenty years of experience guiding its theme selection and publication care.

• Featured titles include 'Critica interiore del fascismo', 'Fatto di una parola Amore', 'Il messaggio del cuore', 'Krishnamurti. Tutta una vita', 'Mistica della fattoria', 'Tutto è sacro in India' and 'Nutrirsi. Stagioni'.

• Website notes online purchases temporarily unavailable, with books to return soon.

Independent Italian publisher of spiritual, cultural and socially engaged non-fiction, poetry and art, guided by a maieutic, human-centred editorial philosophy.

• Critica interiore del fascismo

• Fatto di una parola Amore

• Il messaggio del cuore

• Krishnamurti. Tutta una vita

• Mistica della fattoria

• Tutto è sacro in India

• Nutrirsi. Stagioni

1. 1Homepage | Edizioni di Maieuticaedizionidimaieutica.com
2. 2Chi siamo | Edizioni di Maieuticaedizionidimaieutica.com
3. 3EdiM - Edizioni di Maieutica (Wikidata)wikidata.org