`We are all in debt to Viroli for his sympathetic and acute
dissection of the patriot tradition, and his thought-provoking
reflections on our political shortcomings.'
Times Higher Education Supplement
`This is an excellent book and it is very timely. Maurizio Viroli's
proposal to reclaim the language of republican patriotism is not
only an important contribution to the discussion around the issue
of nationalism. It is also a crucial intervention in the current
debate about the need for 'community' and 'civic virtue'.'
Chantal Mouffe, University of Westminster, Political Studies, Vol.
45, No.1, March '97
`a substantial and stimulating contribution to the burgeoning
literature on the republican tradition in political thought'
Alan Patten, University of Exeter, History of Political Thought,
Volume XVIII, Issue 1, Spring 1997
`This book is a learned political sermon ... This study is
conducted in an erudite manner ... The great richness of material
convincingly establishes that there was a passionate rhetoric of
patriotism of the kind Viroli commends.'
John Breuilly, University of Birmingham, Nations and Natioalism,
Vol. 3, Part 1 - 1997
`The students of patriotic emotions and arguments will find in
Viroli's book many quotations and discussions of well known and
lesser known thinkers on the topic ...'
Jean Tournon, Nationalism and Ethic Politics vol.3 no.1,1997
Viroli's account of the relationship of such key figures as
Rousseau, Herder, and Mazzini to nationalist and liberal thought is
importan. Viroli's immersion of Rousseau in the tradition of civic
republicanism adds powerfully to a growing chorus in Rousseau's
defence against charges of totalitarianism. - Dr J Stapleton.
British Journal of Politics and International Relations. April
1999.
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