Nation of the Risorgimento - Kinship, Sanctity, and Honour in the Origins of Unified Italy

Informationen zum Autor Alberto Mario Banti is Full Professor of Cultural History at the University of Pisa. His research has been devoted to the study of the idea of nation in nineteenth-century Italy and Europe; to the history of Western mentalities and cultures; and to the analysis of mass culture in twentieth-century USA. His published books include, among others, Éros et Vertu. Le corps de femmes de Watteau à Manet (2018) and Wonderland. La cultura di massa da Walt Disney ai Pink Floyd (2017). Klappentext This monograph is a translation of La Nazione del Risorgimento , an important work in Italian history of recent years. It argues that Risorgimento nationalism, in contrast to the dominant views in post-1945 Italian historiography, was based mainly on an ethnic (naturalistic and deterministic) conception of the Italian nation. Zusammenfassung This monograph is a translation of La Nazione del Risorgimento, an important work in Italian history of recent years. It argues that Risorgimento nationalism, in contrast to the dominant views in post-1945 Italian historiography, was based mainly on an ethnic (naturalistic and deterministic) conception of the Italian nation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the English edition; Preface to the first edition (2000); 1. The ‘Risorgimento canon’; 2. Morphology of the national discourse; 3. Archaeology of the national discourse; 4. Reception of the national discourse; Conclusions; Bibliography

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Alberto Banti, Alberto (Universita DI Pisa Banti, Alberto Mario Banti, Alberto Mario (Universita DI Pisa Banti
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9780367429416
• ISBN: 978-0-367-42941-6
• Seiten: 210
• Serie: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Italy
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Sonstiges; European History, HISTORY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Nationalism, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Historiography, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, Social & political philosophy, Social and cultural history, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Arts & Humanities