Modern Italian Social Theory Ideology and Politics from Pareto to the Present

This text provides a clear and systematic introduction to the development of social and political theory in modern Italy. It gives particular attention to relating the main traditions of Italian thought to the history of the country since unification. The work concentrates on six major thinkers, examining how their theoretical ideas influenced their analysis of political behaviour. The thinkers concerned are Pareto, Mosca, Labriola, Croce, Gentile and Gramsci. In discussing the respective theories of each author, the book situates them within the intellectual and social contexts to which they were addressed. The concluding chapter focuses on the recent debates between Bobbio, della Volpe and others about the validity of the Italian road to socialism and its compatibility with the liberal values and institutions of Western democracies.

ISBN:	9780745606170
Publisher:	Polity Press
Imprint:	Polity Press
Published date:	15 Sep 1988
DEWEY:	320.0945
DEWEY edition:	20
Language:	English
Number of pages:	215
Weight:	336g
Height:	232mm
Width:	155mm
Spine width:	12mm

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