Maurizio Viroli

Prophetic Times (eBook, PDF)

Visions of Emancipation in the History of Italy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Provides the visions of social emancipation that we need.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009233217
• Artikelnr.: 70911953

Autorenporträt

Maurizio Viroli is Professor of Politics at Princeton University (Emeritus) and Professor of Government at University of Texas, Austin.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. From Dante to the Republic of Prophets: 1. Prophets and poets
2. Savonarola's republican prophecy
3. Prophetic Machiavelli
4. The republic of the prophets (1527-1530)
Part II. The Decline of Prophecy and Italy's Bondage: 5. The domination over consciences
6. Prophets of self-denial
7. Prophecy, reason of state and utopia
8. Reverberations of bygone prophetic times
9. Prophets are impostors or fools
10. The revolution of the philosophers and the counterrevolution of the prophets
Part III. The Prophetic Voices of the Risorgimento and the Antifascist Resistance: 11. The times of prophets
12. Prophetic poets
13. Giuseppe Mazzini and his prophetic legacy
14. The autumn of the Risorgimento and the birth of the Republic.