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Giuseppe Mazzini
1805–1872
A tireless voice for Italian unity, exile, and republican ideals, these writings come from one of the great driving forces of the Risorgimento. His mix of political passion and moral seriousness helped shape modern Italy and inspired reformers far beyond it.
5 Audiobooks
Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian
by Michel de Montaigne, Immanuel Kant, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Giuseppe Mazzini, Ernest Renan, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Friedrich Schiller
Scritti di Giuseppe Mazzini, Politica ed Economia, Vol. II
by Giuseppe Mazzini
La Giovine Italia
by Giuseppe Mazzini
Scritti di Giuseppe Mazzini, Politica ed Economia, Vol. I
by Giuseppe Mazzini
Ihmisen velvollisuudet
by Giuseppe Mazzini
About the author
Born in Genoa in 1805, Giuseppe Mazzini became one of the central figures of the movement for Italian unification. Trained in law, he turned toward political action early and devoted his life to the idea that Italy should become a free, united, republican nation.
He is especially remembered for founding Young Italy in 1832, a movement that called on ordinary people—not just rulers and diplomats—to take part in national liberation. Because of his activism, he spent much of his life in exile, especially in London, where he continued to write, organize, and encourage revolutionary networks across Europe.
Mazzini died in Pisa in 1872, after living long enough to see Italy largely unified, though not in the fully republican form he had hoped for. Even when his plans failed politically, his ideals of duty, citizenship, and national self-determination gave his work a lasting influence.