- Description
- 1 online resource (pages cm)
- Summary
- "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"--
- Uniform Title
- Tempi profetici. English (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Tempi profetici.
- Subject
- Note
- Translation of: Tempi profetici. Bari : GLF editori Laterza, 2021.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- From Dante to the republic of prophets -- The decline of prophecy and Italy's bondage -- The prophetic voices of the Risorgimento and the antifacist resistance.
- LCCN
- 2022030547
- OCLC
- ssj0002738816
- Author
Viroli, Maurizio.
- Title
Prophetic times [electronic resource] : visions of emancipation in the history of Italy / Maurizio Viroli, Princeton University, New Jersey.
- Imprint
New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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