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British idealist engagements with Mazzinianism, 1858 to 1929

Tyler, Colin

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This article contributes to the scholarship on Giuseppe Mazzini’s impact on British radicalism, through an analysis of British idealist engagements with his life and writings between 1858 and 1929. Section one introduces the topic. Section two sketches a background for the analysis, highlighting Mazzini’s place within the milieu of European exiles living in Britain from the 1840s to the 1870s, ultimately focusing on Mazzini’s engagements at Oxford. Section three explores the ways in which, despite areas of agreement, ultimately the Weltanschauung of the foundational figure in British idealist social and political thought and practice, Thomas Hill Green, differed fundamentally from that of Mazzini. Section four argues that despite these fundamental philosophical differences, Green’s practical political theory drew directly on Mazzini’s writings, although differing over the crucial issue of the proper role of the state in the republic. From this basis, section five analyses the engagements with Mazzini’s writings by the next generation of British idealists, especially John MacCunn. The analysis concludes that although in 1881 Toynbee had reasonable grounds for characterising Mazzini as ‘the true teacher of our age,’ this claim became increasingly unsustainable from the late 1880s onwards, as evolutionary theory came to ground British idealist political thought.

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Tyler, C. (online). British idealist engagements with Mazzinianism, 1858 to 1929. Journal of political ideologies, https://doi.org/10.1080/13569317.2024.2369304

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 13, 2024
Online Publication Date Jul 19, 2024
Deposit Date Jun 13, 2024
Publicly Available Date Jan 20, 2026
Journal Journal of Political Ideologies
Print ISSN 1356-9317
Publisher Routledge
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/13569317.2024.2369304
Keywords British idealism; Mazzini; T.H. Green; Republicanism; Ideologies
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4672604
Additional Information Awaiting final confirmation after minor Revise and Resubmit.

Will look into the possibility of Open Access.

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© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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