Civilization and Self-Government: The Political Thought of Carlo Cattaneo

by Filippo Sabetti

Book Overview

Civilization and Self-Government is the first systematic attempt to explicitly articulate the key elements of Carlo Cattaneo's pioneering attempt to advance freedom and self-government in nineteenth-century Europe. His public science combined two elements that constitute the two parts of this book: the study of incivilimento, and the art and science of self-governance. Cattaneo argued that people have to learn the arts of incivilimento before they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739188127
• ISBN13: 9780739188125
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"