L'entomologia come scienza ed usi politici della società degli insetti nel secolo dei Lumi

Through the thesis, the cultural, political and economic changes that characterized the 18th century were analysed, through the use of the entomological metaphor in the main texts of the major philosophes of the century. The analysis was carried out starting from the scientific field, then moving on to the theological and finally literal ones up to also analyzing the climate and environmental changes caused by man and having insects as protagonists. The thesis demonstrated how insects were voluntarily used by the main philosophes of the time as a metaphor to analyze and denounce their social realities since social insects, especially bees and ants, proved to be so similar to human societies that they became perfect examples through who approach the divine laws in order to cure the ills of human society and bring about general well-being.