Autore: Paternò, Maria Pia
Titolo: Equilibrio di potenza, diplomazia dei trattati e ius gentium nella politica di Federico II
Periodico: Storia del pensiero politico
Anno: 2012 - Fascicolo: 3 - Pagina iniziale: 407 - Pagina finale: 434

Both warfare and international politics underwent relevant changes in eighteenthcenturyEurope. Both the Silesian and the Seven Years wars differ under importantaspects from previous historical experience. This survey analyzes these unprecedentedevents with a view to the political sensibility of its protagonists. It therefore highlightsthe role of Frederick the Great and hints at the revelance of his personalinterpretation of events. His historical works and his political writings are constantlyexaminated in their peculiar cultural background. They reveal Frederick's prioritiesand his personal attitudes towards the western tradition of political and philosophicalthought. The ius gentium tradition, the politics of modern raison d'état and the diplomaticpractice of his time are all partially reconsidered in order to fit to the new historicalframe. An unprejudiced understanding of this uninterrupted work in progressrequires a kind of historical and theoretical research which disposes of dichotomiesand abandons too narrowly constructed conceptual categories.




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