{"product_id":"what-is-nationalism-and-what-do-nationalists-want-paperback","title":"What Is Nationalism and What Do Nationalists Want? - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlfredo Rocco\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat Is Nationalism and What Do Nationalists Want?\u003c\/em\u003e by Alfredo Rocco is the latest in our series of early 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century works on Italian politics. Originally published in 1914 as \u003cem\u003eChe cosa è il nazionalismo e cosa vogliono i nazionalisti, \u003c\/em\u003eit discusses what nationalism is and isnʼt and why; Italian political parties of the period; why nationalists are not liberals, nor conservatives, nor radicals, nor republicans, nor clericalists, nor socialists. It discusses objections to and criticisms of nationalism, and finally to whom nationalism appeals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlfredo Rocco (AD 1875 - 1935) was an Italian jurist and politician. Born in Naples, he was the son of engineer Alberto Rocco and Maria Berlingieri. His three other brothers were, like him, all jurists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Professor of Civil Procedure at the University of Parma from 1906-1909, and at the University of Palermo from 1909-1910, Rocco later taught Economic Legislation of Labor and Commercial Law at the Sapienza University of Rome, where he also served as rector from 1932-1935.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally a member of the Italian Radical Party, Rocco become a Nationalist in 1913, while teaching at the University of Padua; it is during this time that he wrote the present work. He was a staunch advocate of Italyʼs intervention in the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRocco was responsible for, and his name is associated with, the Italian Penal Code (the \u003cem\u003eCodice Rocco\u003c\/em\u003e) much of which remains in force in Italy today and which he had a direct hand in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder Mussoliniʼs government, Rocco served as Undersecretary of State, first for the Ministry of the Treasury, then Finance, from 1922 to 1924; in 1924 he was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies. From 1925 to 1932 he was Minister of Justice. From 1934 until his death, he was a Senator of the Kingdom of Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 66\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.16 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47584713769181,"sku":"9781955392822","price":23.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/HHNYJRBdk29781955392822.webp?v=1773620357","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/what-is-nationalism-and-what-do-nationalists-want-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}