Giuseppe Ferrari, le Risorgimento et la France

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L'essai reconstruit l'itinéraire intellectuel de Giuseppe Ferrari et sa position originelle quant à la constitution de l'État italien qu'il voulait essentiellement fédéraliste et anti-unitaire. Sa formation culturelle dans le milieu milanais et ses fréquentations des socialistes français expliquent les raisons d'une lecture du Risorgimento attentive à la question sociale plutôt qu'à l'aspect institutionnel préalable, ayant la faveur de ses compatriotes. D'où les incompréhensions dont il a été l'objet en Italie et en France mais aussi son rôle de conscience critique de son temps.

This paper reconstitutes Giuseppe Ferrari's intellectual itinerary and his original position about the constitution of the Italian state, which he wanted to be essentially federalist and anti-unitary. His cultural formation in a Milanese environment and his frequent encounters with French socialists explain why his reading of the Risorgimento focuses more on the social question than on the institutional preconditions that drew his compatriots' attention. It explains also the misunderstandings he was subjected to in Italy and in France as well as his role of critical consciousness of his times.