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On Liberal Revolution (Italian Literature and Thought)
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This book is the first Englishlanguage edition of a collection of writings by one of Italys most important radical liberals, Piero Gobetti (19011926). In thirtyfive thoughtprovoking essays, Gobetti proposes an original and challenging notion of liberalism as a revolutionary theory of both the individual and social and political movements. His theory is of particular relevance in the wake of the collapse of Marxist socialism, as nonWestern countries with nonliberal or antiliberal cultural and moral traditions confront the problems of transition toward democracy and liberalism. Gobettis ideas continue to influence in important ways todays heated debates over the nature of liberalism.Gobetti was the first Italian scholar to identify two Italys: one enlightened and modern though small and weak, the other premodern, traditional, and dominant. A witness to the seizure of power by the Fascists, Gobetti became convinced that Italys hostility to liberalism could be overcome only with a cultural revolution. Endorsing a radical liberalism, he nevertheless believed that the Communists, led by Antonio Gramsci, could play a crucial role in democratizing Italy by helping to develop a secular culture. For a liberal state to subsist and grow, Gobetti argued, there must first be a transformation of both the economic structure and the legal and moral culture of the society.
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