A Cosmopolitanism of Nations : Giuseppe Mazzini's Writings on Democracy, Nation Building, and International Relations.
Title:
A Cosmopolitanism of Nations : Giuseppe Mazzini's Writings on Democracy, Nation Building, and International Relations.
Author:
Mazzini, Giuseppe.
ISBN:
9781400831319
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (260 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION: Giuseppe Mazzini's International Political Thought -- PART ONE: Democracy and the Nation: A Republican Creed -- ONE: Manifesto of Young Italy (1831) -- TWO: On the Superiority of Representative Government (1832) -- THREE: Three Essays on Cosmopolitan Ideals and National Sentiment -- I. Humanity and Country (1836) -- II. Nationality and Cosmopolitanism (1847) -- III. Nationalism and Nationality (1871) -- FOUR: In Defense of Democracy: A Reply to Mr. Guizot (1839) -- FIVE: On the Duties of Man (1841-60) -- PART TWO: National Insurrection and Democratic Revolution -- SIX: Rules for the Conduct of Guerrilla Bands (1832) -- SEVEN: Toward a Holy Alliance of the Peoples (1849) -- EIGHT: From a Revolutionary Alliance to the United States of Europe (1850) -- NINE: Against the Foreign Imposition of Domestic Institutions (1851) -- TEN: To the Patriots of Serbia and Hungary (1863) -- ELEVEN: Letter to a Polish Patriot (1863) -- TWELVE: For a Truly National War (1866) -- THIRTEEN: Neither Pacifism nor Terror: Considerations on the Paris Commune and the French National Assembly (1871) -- PART THREE: International Politics, Military Intervention, and a New World Order -- FOURTEEN: On Publicity in Foreign Affairs (1835) -- FIFTEEN: Foreign Despotism to Civilize a People? Italy, Austria, and the Pope (1845) -- SIXTEEN: The European Question: Foreign Intervention and National Self-Determination (1847) -- SEVENTEEN: On Public Opinion and England's International Leadership (1847) -- EIGHTEEN: Concerning the Fall of the Roman Republic (1849) -- NINETEEN: On Nonintervention (1851) -- TWENTY: America as a Leading Nation in the Cause of Liberty (1865) -- TWENTY-ONE: To Our Friends in the United States (1865) -- TWENTY-TWO: Principles of International Politics (1871) -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E.
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Abstract:
This anthology gathers Giuseppe Mazzini's most important essays on democracy, nation building, and international relations, including some that have never before been translated into English. These neglected writings remind us why Mazzini was one of the most influential political thinkers of the nineteenth century--and why there is still great benefit to be derived from a careful analysis of what he had to say. Mazzini (1805-1872) is best known today as the inspirational leader of the Italian Risorgimento. But, as this book demonstrates, he also made a vital contribution to the development of modern democratic and liberal internationalist thought. In fact, Stefano Recchia and Nadia Urbinati make the case that Mazzini ought to be recognized as the founding figure of what has come to be known as liberal Wilsonianism. The writings collected here show how Mazzini developed a sophisticated theory of democratic nation building--one that illustrates why democracy cannot be successfully imposed through military intervention from the outside. He also speculated, much more explicitly than Immanuel Kant, about how popular participation and self-rule within independent nation-states might result in lasting peace among democracies. In short, Mazzini believed that universal aspirations toward human freedom, equality, and international peace could best be realized through independent nation-states with homegrown democratic institutions. He thus envisioned what one might today call a genuine cosmopolitanism of nations.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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