Across Italy in the nineteenth century, a generation of intellectuals engaged with Hegel's philosophy while actively participating in Italian political life. Hegel and Italian Political Thought traces the reception and transformation of these ideas, exploring how Hegelian concepts were reworked into political practices by Italians who had participated in the 1848 revolution, who would lead the new Italian State after unification, and who would continue to play a central role in Italian politics until the end of the century. Fernanda Gallo investigates the particular features of Italian Hegelianism, demonstrating how intellectuals insisted on the historical and political dimension of Hegel's idealism. Set apart from the broader European reception, these thinkers presented a critical Hegelianism closer to practice than ideas, to history than metaphysics. This study challenges conventional hierarchies in the study of Italian political thought, exploring how the ideas of Hegel acquired newfound political power when brought into connection with their specific historical context.
| ISBN: | 9781009494120 |
| Publication date: | 30th September 2024 |
| Author: | Fernanda Gallo |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 305 pages |
| Series: | Ideas in Context |
| Genres: |
European history History of ideas Western philosophy from c 1800 Political ideologies and movements |
Across Italy in the nineteenth century, a generation of intellectuals engaged with Hegel's philosophy while actively participating in Italian political life. Hegel and Italian Political Thought traces the reception and transformation of these ideas, exploring how Hegelian concepts were reworked into political practices by Italians who had participated in the 1848 revolution, who would lead the new Italian State after unification, and who would continue to play a central role in Italian politics until the end of the century. Fernanda Gallo investigates the particular features of Italian Hegelianism, demonstrating how intellectuals insisted on the historical and political dimension of Hegel's idealism. Set apart from the broader European reception, these thinkers presented a critical Hegelianism closer to practice than ideas, to history than metaphysics. This study challenges conventional hierarchies in the study of Italian political thought, exploring how the ideas of Hegel acquired newfound political power when brought into connection with their specific historical context.
Hegel and Italian Political Thought features in the following genres: European history, History of ideas, Western philosophy from c 1800, Political ideologies and movements
Hegel and Italian Political Thought is available in Hardback
Hegel and Italian Political Thought was written by Fernanda Gallo and published by Cambridge University Press
Hegel and Italian Political Thought has 305 pages
Yes it is part of Ideas in Context series
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