{"product_id":"heroism-and-wisdom-italian-style-from-roman-imperialists-to-sicilian-magistrates-9781683933571","title":"Heroism and Wisdom, Italian Style: From Roman","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an interdisciplinary work that philosophically analyzes concepts such as heroism; practical wisdom; honor; Nietzsche’s notions of will to power, the overman, and the three metamorphoses; Plato’s understanding of love; creating meaning in life; the issue of morally dirty hands in political administration; the relationship between political means and ends; the proper role of positive duties in society; the aspirations of grand strivers; and the linkages between biological, biographical, and autobiographical lives, all in the context of explaining and evaluating the lives and works of fourteen historically significant Italian: Gaius Julius Caesar, Brunetto Latini, Dante Alighieri, Caterina Sforza, Niccolò Machiavelli, Giuseppe Mazzini, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Francesca Cabrini, Gabriele D’Annunzio, Antonio Gramsci, Salvatore Giuliano, Oriana Fallaci, Giovanni Falcone, and Paolo Borsellino.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy dissecting the lives and philosophies of the figures discussed in this work, by extracting moral, political, and existential lessons from their aspirations and enterprises, by reflecting on their ideals from the vantage point of our divergent social context, by evaluating their virtues and vices from a wider perspective, and by confronting the conceptual puzzles and social impediments hampering the exercise of practical wisdom and heroism, we may confront the people that we are and reimagine the people we might become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Roman and Christian Values\u003c\/p\u003eChapter One: Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 BC): Scion of Rome\u003cp\u003eChapter Two: Brunetto Latini (1220-1294): Preceptor of Florence\u003c\/p\u003eChapter Three: Dante Alighieri (1265-1321): Florentine MysticPart II: Renaissance and Risorgimento Prescriptions\u003cp\u003eChapter Four: Caterina Sforza (1463-1509): The Lioness of Forlì\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five: Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527): Florentine Enigma\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Six: Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872): Genoese Revolutionary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882): Nizzan Freedom Fighter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III: Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Transformations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eight: Francesca Cabrini (1850-1917): Lombardian Pietist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Nine: Gabriele D’Annunzio (1863-1938): Pescaran Chameleon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Ten: Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937): Sardinian Radical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IV: Twentieth Century Post-War Cultural Eruptions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eleven: Salvatore Giuliano (1922-1950): Sicilian Fanatic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Twelve: Oriana Fallaci (1929-2006): Florentine Interrogator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Thirteen: Giovanni Falcone (1939-1992) and Paolo Borsellino (1940-1992): Sicilian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagistrates\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fairleigh Dickinson University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042122006871,"sku":"9781683933571","price":72.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781683933571.jpg?v=1750953080","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/heroism-and-wisdom-italian-style-from-roman-imperialists-to-sicilian-magistrates-9781683933571","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}