On liberal revolution [[electronic resource] /] / Piero Gobetti ; edited and with an introduction by Nadia Urbinati ; translated by William McCuaig ; foreword by Norberto Bobbio

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452358503321
• Autore: Gobetti Piero <1901-1926.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2000
• ISBN: 1-281-73108-0; 9786611731083; 0-300-13296-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Collana: Italian literature and thought series
• Altri autori (Persone): UrbinatiNadia <1955->; McCuaigWilliam <1949->
• Disciplina: 945.091
• Soggetti: Liberalism - Italy - History - 20th century; Anti-fascist movements - Italy - History - 20th century; Electronic books.; Italy Politics and government 1914-1945
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- List of Abbreviations: Works by Piero Gobetti -- 1. Men,Women, and Ideas -- 2. Our Liberalism -- 3. Socialism and Communism -- 4. Fascism and the Missed Liberal Revolution -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is the first English-language edition of a collection of writings by one of Italy's most important radical liberals, Piero Gobetti (1901-1926). In thirty-five thought-provoking essays, Gobetti proposes an original and challenging notion of liberalism as a revolutionary theory of both the individual and social and political movements. His theory is of particular relevance in the wake of the collapse of Marxist socialism, as non-Western countries with nonliberal or antiliberal cultural and moral traditions confront the problems of transition toward democracy and liberalism. Gobetti's ideas continue to influence in important ways today's heated debates over the nature of liberalism. Gobetti was the first Italian scholar to identify "two Italy's": one enlightened and modern though small and weak, the other ; premodern, traditional, and dominant. A witness to the seizure of power by the Fascists, Gobetti became convinced that Italy's hostility to liberalism could be overcome only with a cultural revolution. Endorsing a radical liberalism, he nevertheless believed that the Communists, led by Antonio Gramsci, could play a crucial role in democratizing Italy by helping to develop a secular culture. For a liberal state to subsist and grow, Gobetti argued, there must first be a transformation of both the economic structure and the legal and moral culture of the society.