Geographies of Federalism during the Italian Risorgimento, 1796–1900
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"Ferretti pushes the debate about the radical-democratic strands in Italian Unification (the Risorgimento) beyond the usual oppositions -republicanism v. socialism, centralism v. federalism - to consider how much the contentions of the time extended to consideration of authoritarianism, militarism, and colonialism rather than just administrative arrangements per se. In taking a fundamentally geographical approach to the debate, Ferretti not only provides a new perspective on the radical impulses in the Risorgimento but also contributes to the contemporary rethinking of nation-statehood, territorial sovereignty, and the possibilities of transnational federalism. Perhaps most importantly, this book shows that the form which Italian unification took was never a foregone conclusion. There is a broader lesson here."
John Agnew, Professor of Geography, University of California Los Angeles, USA
Combining intellectual history, geography and political science, this book addresses the relations between geography and the federalist tendencies of key individuals during the nineteenth-century Italian Risorgimento. The book investigates the development of transnational federalist attitudes amongst a political network of intellectuals, and hones in on several understudied figures who played important roles in the Italian radical movements for national and social liberation. Notably, this includes political geographers who mobilised geographical metaphors to foster change and reorganise territories. The author demonstrates how federalism, anarchism and republicanism were all connected and led not only to autonomy in Italy, but more locally within its regions and municipalities, and more broadly across Europe over the ‘Long Risorgimento’ period. Contributing to current debates on federalism and anti-colonialism, this book will appeal to historical geographers, political scientists and those researching the history of federalism, republicanism and anarchism in Europe.
Federico Ferretti is Full Professor of Geography at the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna in Italy. His research revolves around the history of geography and includes geo-history and the circulation of geographical knowledge through anarchist approaches. He has written several books and published articles in a number of leading journals, including the Journal of Historical Geography and Political Geography.
Combining intellectual history, geography and political science, this book addresses the relations between geography and the federalist tendencies of key individuals during the nineteenth-century Italian Risorgimento. The book investigates the development of transnational federalist attitudes amongst a political network of intellectuals, and hones in on several understudied figures who played important roles in the Italian radical movements for national and social liberation. Notably, this includes political geographers who mobilised geographical metaphors to foster change and reorganise territories. The author demonstrates how federalism, anarchism and republicanism were all connected and led not only to autonomy in Italy, but more locally within its regions and municipalities, and more broadly across Europe over the ‘Long Risorgimento’ period. Contributing to current debates on federalism and anti-colonialism, this book will appeal to historical geographers, political scientists and those researching the history of federalism, republicanism and anarchism in Europe.
Presents the findings from an overdue investigation into the history of the Italian movement for national liberation Challenges nationalistic commonplaces of the Risorgimento within this complex movement Demonstrates the relevance of the Risorgimento to today's heated debates on European federalism and anti-colonialism
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Federico Ferretti
Themen in »Geographies of Federalism during the Italian Risorgimento, 1796–1900«
Historical geography Risorgimento Radicalism Federalism Republicanism Anarchism Geography Nationalism Radical Risorgimento Autonomy Italian unification Transnational history Political geography
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"Ferretti pushes the debate about the radical-democratic strands in Italian Unification (the Risorgimento) beyond the usual oppositions -republicanism v. socialism, centralism v. federalism - to consider how much the contentions of the time extended to consideration of authoritarianism, militarism, and colonialism rather than just administrative arrangements per se. In taking a fundamentally geographical approach to the debate, Ferretti not only provides a new perspective on the radical impulses in the Risorgimento but also contributes to the contemporary rethinking of nation-statehood, territorial sovereignty, and the possibilities of transnational federalism. Perhaps most importantly, this book shows that the form which Italian unification took was never a foregone conclusion. There is a broader lesson here."John Agnew, Professor of Geography, University of California Los Angeles
“This monograph was long overdue. Supported by an outstanding research, Ferretti’s highly topical publication successfully challenges dominant historiography on the outcome of the struggle for the Italian unification. It brings back to light the alternative ideas of nation promoted by federalist radicals during the Risorgimento, uncovering their anti-authoritarian and anti-colonial inspiration and their long-lasting influence on the subsequent development of libertarian and socialist thought. This groundbreaking work opens the door to a wide range of new paths of research on the history of Risorgimento and of nationalism more in general.”
Pietro di Paola, Modern History, Lincoln University, UK
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