Italian nationalist philosopher and revolutionary who founded Young Italy and provided the intellectual framework for Italian unification — arguing for a democratic Italian republic based on the duty of citizens to their nation and to God.
Developed the religious nationalism of the Risorgimento — Italy's unification was God's will, and Italians had a divine mission — combining romantic nationalism with democratic republicanism and making nationalism a form of secular religion.
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