remo bodei (3 august 1938 – 7 november 2019) was an italian philosopher. he was professor of the history of philosophy at the university of california at los angeles. he also taught at the university of pisa and scuola normale superiore di pisa. bodei was born in cagliari, italy. his initial interests were in classical german philosophy and the weimar classicism period (1770–1830). he wrote over 200 papers on utopian.