Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introductory Essays ix
4. Translator’s Note xxix
5. Benedetto Croce and the Culture Clowns 1
6. Our Faith 8
7. A Survey of Political Questions 21
8. Towards a Concrete Political Reality 36
9. Intermission 45
10. The Italian Revolution 48
11. Soviet Russia 57
12. The Revolutionary Crisis of Ottocento Italy 66
13. Trotsky 75
14. The Liberal Experience 79
15. Risorgimento Studies: The Political Philosophy of Vittorio Alfieri 88
16. For a Society of Ápoti 138
17. Tactical Questions 153
18. Coming to Terms with Actual Idealism 156
19. Our Political Culture 164
20. Commentary on Domenico Petrini’s “Guerra agli apolitici” 184
21. Commentary on Novello Papafava’s “Revisione liberale” 186
22. Commentary on Armando Cavalli’s “La Riforma in Italia” 189
23. A Visit to the Fiat Factory 191
24. Marinetti, the Precursor 195
25. Commentary on Mario Ferrara’s “Noi e le opposizioni” 199
26. People and Ideas: Gramsci 203
27. Marx’s Time 207
28. Democracy 209
29. Note to Guido Mazzali’s “Momenti del processo capitalistico” 214
30. Matteotti 215
31. Our Defence 231
32. Enlightenment 233
33. Ford 236
34. Our Protestantism 241
35. The Romantic Subversive 244
36. Croce, the Oppositionist 248
37. A Letter to Paris 254
38. Mysticism and Marxism 259
39. The Liberal Revolution. An Essay on the Political Struggle in Italy 263
40. Bk. I – The Legacy of the Risorgimento 267
41. Bk. II – The Political Struggle in Italy 288
42. Bk. III – Liberal Critique 357
43. Bk. IV – Fascism 378
44. Nota 391
45. Index 393