Prophetic Times: Visions of Emancipation in the History of Italy

Throughout Italy's history, prophetic voices such as poets, painters, and philosophers have bolstered the struggle for social and political emancipation, denouncing the vices of compatriots and urging them toward redemption. By the end of the 1960s, no prophet of social emancipation has been able to move the consciences of the Italians, inspiring social and political emancipation everywhere.

Format: Hardback
Length: 300 pages
Publication date: 05 January 2023
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Throughout Italy's history, prophetic voices—poets, painters, philosophers—have bolstered the struggle for social and political emancipation. These voices denounced the vices of compatriots and urged them toward redemption. They gave meaning to suffering, helping to prevent moral surrender; they provided support, with pathos and anger, which set into motion the moral imagination, culminating in redemption and freedom. While the fascist regime attempted to enlist Mazzini and the prophets of the Risorgimento in support of its ideology, the most perceptive anti-fascist intellectual and political leaders composed eloquent prophetic pages to sustain the resistance against the totalitarian regime. By the end of the 1960s, no prophet of social emancipation has been able to move the consciences of the Italians. In this Italian story, then, is our story, the world's story, inspiration for social and political emancipation everywhere.

Throughout Italy's history, prophetic voices—poets, painters, philosophers—have bolstered the struggle for social and political emancipation. These voices denounced the vices of compatriots and urged them toward redemption. They gave meaning to suffering, helping to prevent moral surrender; they provided support, with pathos and anger, which set into motion the moral imagination, culminating in redemption and freedom. While the fascist regime attempted to enlist Mazzini and the prophets of the Risorgimento in support of its ideology, the most perceptive anti-fascist intellectual and political leaders composed eloquent prophetic pages to sustain the resistance against the totalitarian regime. By the end of the 1960s, no prophet of social emancipation has been able to move the consciences of the Italians. In this Italian story, then, is our story, the world's story, inspiration for social and political emancipation everywhere.

Weight: 562g
Dimension: 147 x 237 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781009233187