ABSTRACT

Philosophically,MazziniprovidedauniversalandnotmerelyaparochialItalianrationaleforanationalisticmovement.Hespokeofone master(God),onelaw(progress),andoneearthlyinterpreter(thepeople).No"people"iscompleteuntilitbecomesanation."Theindividual istooweakandhumanitytoovast."10Truenationsarenotinconflict, butareonlytheproperorganicunits-geographically,linguistically, culturally-ofaharmoniousinternationalorder.