Massimo Riva
Biographic Data
| ID | 3786337 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Massimo Riva |
| GIVEN NAMES | Massimo |
| FAMILY NAME | Riva |
| SIGNATURE | RIVA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | John Brown University |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-0213-2647 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Next Catch
Entrepreneurial ecosystems are powerful engines of regional innovation, competitiveness, and transformation. While established hubs like Silicon Valley and Shenzhen are well studied, identifying emerging ecosystems with high growth potential remains a challenge. This study introduces the Surge Ecosystems Index, a forward-looking tool for detecting surging entrepreneurial activity at the sub-regional level. The index evaluates six dimensions – Inn…
The History and Science of Virtual Reality
This article describes the design and implementation of an experimental undergraduate course, team-taught by a cognitive scientist and a scholar of Italian studies and focused on the history, science, and technology of 3D vision, from the Renaissance invention of linear perspective to contemporary concepts of ‘virtual reality’. Analysing such devices as the panorama and the stereoscope and the immersive experiences they enable, we ask: What is th…
The past at our fingertips
Mediating the Risorgimento
Pico della Mirandola: Oration on the Dignity of Man
This is a new translation of and commentary on Pico della Mirandola's most famous work, the Oration on the Dignity of Man. It is the first English edition to provide readers with substantial notes on the text, essays that address the work's historical, philosophical and theological context, and a survey of its reception. Often called the 'Manifesto of the Renaissance', this brief but complex text was originally composed in 1486 as the inaugural s…
Italian Tales
Old masters, new trends
Saturno e le Grazie. Malinconici e ipocondriaci nella letteratura italiana del Settecento
Local/global
Some remarks on nihilism and secularisation
(1989). 1888–1988: Some remarks on nihilism and secularisation. History of European Ideas: Vol. 11, No. 1-6, pp. 979-988
Some remarks on nihilism and secularisation
(1989). 1888–1988: Some remarks on nihilism and secularisation. History of European Ideas: Vol. 11, No. 1-6, pp. 979-988
Local/global
Saturno e le Grazie. Malinconici e ipocondriaci nella letteratura italiana del Settecento
Old masters, new trends
Italian Tales
Pico della Mirandola: Oration on the Dignity of Man
This is a new translation of and commentary on Pico della Mirandola's most famous work, the Oration on the Dignity of Man. It is the first English edition to provide readers with substantial notes on the text, essays that address the work's historical, philosophical and theological context, and a survey of its reception. Often called the 'Manifesto of the Renaissance', this brief but complex text was originally composed in 1486 as the inaugural s…
Mediating the Risorgimento
The past at our fingertips
The History and Science of Virtual Reality
This article describes the design and implementation of an experimental undergraduate course, team-taught by a cognitive scientist and a scholar of Italian studies and focused on the history, science, and technology of 3D vision, from the Renaissance invention of linear perspective to contemporary concepts of ‘virtual reality’. Analysing such devices as the panorama and the stereoscope and the immersive experiences they enable, we ask: What is th…
The Next Catch
Entrepreneurial ecosystems are powerful engines of regional innovation, competitiveness, and transformation. While established hubs like Silicon Valley and Shenzhen are well studied, identifying emerging ecosystems with high growth potential remains a challenge. This study introduces the Surge Ecosystems Index, a forward-looking tool for detecting surging entrepreneurial activity at the sub-regional level. The index evaluates six dimensions – Inn…
Art (7 works) · History (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Humanities (3 works) · Italian Literature and Culture (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · History (2 works)