The origins of the political divergences between Croce and Gentile Cover Image

L’origine delle divergenze politiche fra Croce e Gentile
The origins of the political divergences between Croce and Gentile

Author(s): Salvatore Cingari
Subject(s): Political Philosophy, Governance, Government/Political systems, Politics and society
Published by: Editura Institutul European
Keywords: Modernism; conservative; nationalism; world war; State;

Summary/Abstract: The essay deals with the differences between Croce and Gentile regarding the origin of their political thought before fascism. In his youth Croce was a liberal leftist, politically close to socialism. When Umberto I was killed he justified the murder talking of Bava Beccaris’s repression. His cultural model was a modernist one. On the contrary Gentile put forward a conservative social vision. He was afraid of the labour moviment. In the beginning of first word war, Gentile was facsinated by interventionist rethoric: on the contrary Croce criticize it.

  • Issue Year: IV/2016
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 41-47
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Italian