Francesco Patrizi and Political Humanism

A long-distance dialogue with James Hankins

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https://doi.org/10.6093/2974-637X/11061

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Francesco Patrizi, Political Humanism, Political Thought, Italian Humanism

Abstract

The publication of James Hankins’ latest book provides an opportunity to undertake a critical examination of the historiography on Renaissance political thought in Italy and in the Anglophone area. This examination should include a comparison of the methods and merits of the various approaches to the subject, as presented in the pages of his volume.

Author Biography

Guido Cappelli, L'Orientale University of Naples

Guido Cappelli is the author of essays on Italian Literature, Renaissance Philology, Renaissance History and Political Thought. His main works are El humanismo romance de Juan de Lucena. Estudios sobre el “De vita felici” (Barcellona, UAB, 2002); L’umanesimo italiano da Petrarca a Valla (Roma, Carocci, 2010. 5ª ed. 2020); Maiestas. Politica e pensiero politico nella Napoli aragonese (Roma, Carocci, 2016); with Fulvio Delle Donne, Nel Regno delle lettere. Umanesimo e politica nel Mezzogiorno (Roma, Carocci, 2021). Recently he edited the volume Al di là del repubblicanesimo. Modernità politica e origini dello Stato (Napoli, UniorPress, 2020).

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2024-06-29

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Cappelli, G. (2024). Francesco Patrizi and Political Humanism: A long-distance dialogue with James Hankins. Cesura - Rivista, 3(1), 81–133. https://doi.org/10.6093/2974-637X/11061

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024): CESURA - Rivista, 3/1 (2024)

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