Aristocratic Liberalism and Risorgimento
Cesare Balbo and Piedmontese Political Thought after 1848
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11347693 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maurizio Isabella (Queen Mary University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 835-857 |
| Publication date | 2013-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of European Ideas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0191-6599 • E-ISSN: 1873-541X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01916599.2012.762621 |
| OpenAlex | W2080038389 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The paper discusses the political thought of Cesare Balbo (1789–1853), a leading Risorgimento moderate liberal and politician, in the context of the efforts by the Piedmontese political elite to support and legitimise the constitutional regime introduced by King Charles Albert in 1848. Revising current interpretations of Risorgimento moderate liberalism as backward and provincial, it seeks to locate the political thought of Balbo and his colleagues at the heart of contemporary European, and particularly French, debates regarding liberty and aristocracy. In particular, it argues that the views of Balbo and more broadly Piedmontese moderate liberals on centralisation, the importance of a social elite to defend freedom, and equalisation, were conversant with the ideas of Guizot, Chateaubriand, Burke and Tocqueville. Their harsh condemnation of republican virtue, on the other hand, rendered their liberalism peculiar in the Italian context, where Tuscan moderate liberals continued to resort to the langu
Liberalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · European Political History Analysis · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence · Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |