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A Cosmopolitanism of Nations : Giuseppe Mazzini's Writings on Democracy, Nation Building, and International Relations by Giuseppe Mazzini (editor); Stefano Recchia (editor); Nadia Urbinati (editor) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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 resu

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Author

Giuseppe Mazzini (editor); Stefano Recchia (editor); Nadia Urbinati (editor)

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9786612303913

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, History, Social_sciences