This Introduction focuses on Walter Bagehot’s interpretation of the Italian Risorgimento, based on his writings on Cavour and Mazzini. The two figures are outlined with opposing profiles. And it is immediately clear that the reasons for the sympathy towards Cavour justify and feed the considerations on Mazzini’s weaknesses and limitations. However, upon a careful and parallel reading of the two characters, the picture that emerges is anything but schematic and Manichean.
Uno sguardo inglese sul Risorgimento. Cavour e Mazzini agli occhi di Walter Bagehot
Carmelo Calabro'
2022-01-01
Abstract
This Introduction focuses on Walter Bagehot’s interpretation of the Italian Risorgimento, based on his writings on Cavour and Mazzini. The two figures are outlined with opposing profiles. And it is immediately clear that the reasons for the sympathy towards Cavour justify and feed the considerations on Mazzini’s weaknesses and limitations. However, upon a careful and parallel reading of the two characters, the picture that emerges is anything but schematic and Manichean.File in questo prodotto:
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