02840nam 2200469 450 991081696220332120230124195400.090-04-36091-310.1163/9789004360914(CKB)4100000001725973(MiAaPQ)EBC5265016(OCoLC)1020296326(nllekb)BRILL9789004360914(EXLCZ)99410000000172597320180302h20182018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierSensibilities of the Risorgimento reason and passions in political thought /by Roberto RomaniLeiden, Netherlands ;Boston, Massachusetts :Brill,2018.©20181 online resource (316 pages) illustrations (some color), mapsStudies in the History of Political Thought,1973-6548 ;Volume 1290-04-35916-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Against the Passions of Revolution: Making the Moderate Sensibility, 1815–1848 -- Grand Vision, Minor Demands: The Themes and Sources of 1840s Moderatism -- The Truths of the Heart: Passions, Sentiments, and Faith from Mazzini to Nievo -- The Reason of the Elites: Constitutional Moderatism in the Kingdom of Sardinia, 1849–1861 -- Conclusion.A purely political framework does not capture the complexity of the culture behind Italians’ struggle for liberty and independence during the Risorgimento (1815-1861). Roberto Romani identifies the sensibilities associated with each of the two main political programmes, Mazzini’s republicanism and moderatism, which in fact were comprehensive projects for a political, moral, and religious resurgence. The moderates’ espousal of reason entailed an ideal personality expressed by private virtue, self-possession, and a public morality informed by Catholicism, while Mazzini’s advocacy of passions led to ‘enthusiasm’ and a total commitment to the cause. Romani demonstrates that the patriots’ moral quest rested on a thick cultural bedrock, dating back to Stoicism and the Catholic Aufklärung , and passing through Rousseau and the Revolution.Studies in the history of political thought ;Volume 12.Political scienceItalyPhilosophyHistory19th centuryItalyPolitics and government1849-1870Political sciencePhilosophyHistory320.94509034Romani Roberto121459MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816962203321Sensibilities of the Risorgimento3937291UNINA