The Politics of Enlightenment

Constitutionalism, Republicanism, and the Rights of Man in Gaetano Filangieri

Vincenzo Ferrone author Sophus A Reinert translator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Anthem Press

Published:15th Sep '12

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Written by one of Italy’s leading historians, this book analyses the Neapolitan nobleman Gaetano Filangieri and his seven-volume ‘Science of Legislation’ in their historical context.

Written by one of Italy’s leading historians, this book analyses the Neapolitan nobleman Gaetano Filangieri and his seven-volume ‘Science of Legislation’ in their historical context, expounding on his legacy for the histories of constitutional republicanism, liberalism, and political economy.

Written by one of Italy’s leading historians, this book analyses the context and legacy of Gaetano Filangieri’s seven-volume ‘Science of Legislation’. This study engages with the unique history of Enlightenment Naples, the intellectual traditions upon which Filangieri drew, and the powerful repercussions of the American Revolution in eighteenth-century Italy to re-draw the map of Enlightenment republicanism and the early history of human rights and their political economy.

ISBN: 9780857289704

Dimensions: 229mm x 153mm x 26mm

Weight: 590g

310 pages