Original sentence: He openly criticized the excesses of the student movement at the time, and stressed its demagogic nature (see his books “Università alla deriva” - that is “University adrift”; “L' avvento dell'asinocrazia” - that is “The upcoming Donkeycrazy”; “La scuola inutile” - that is “The useless School”; and “Contestatori alla sbarra” - that is “Protester to the bar”)
Edited sentence: A genuine anticonformist, he could not passively accept what he considered to be a negative, involutive trend.Although he was a true intellectual, and certainly not a pragmatic person, Enzo used the pen as a sword.For this reason, and neglectful of possible retaliations against his brave takings of position, he openly criticized the excesses of the student movement at the time, and stressed its demagogic nature (see his books “Università alla deriva” - that is “University adrift”; “L' avvento dell'asinocrazia” - that is “The upcoming Donkeycrazy”; “La scuola inutile” - that is “The useless School”; and “Contestatori alla sbarra” - that is “Protester to the bar”).He exposed himself first hand as a staunch defender of literature and culture, which, according to his vision of life, buttressed the ideas of justice and human freedom, because they constituted the only available instrument for the advancement and empowerment of the humblest social classes