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The second "Notebook of the Modern History Laboratory" takes up and develops some of the interventions presented in the Seminar on Themes and Problems of Modern History, which has been held for more than fifteen years at the SAGAS Department of the University of Florence. The contributions collected here discuss the construction of the modern state from different points of view, through the slow and complex evolution of central sovereignty over autonomy, the role of the courts, the development of diplomacy and its ceremonial and the history of the idea of freedom. Special attention is paid to the cases of the Electorate of Saxony and of the monarchy of France in the 16th century, the Consigli (recommendations) by Scipione Ammirato, the theme of democracy in the Encyclopédie and that of national plurality for the protection of minorities in the Habsburg Empire.

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Women -- Bentham's Censorial Critique of Anti-feministic Prejudices -- Equal Consideration -- Proposals for the Emancipation of Women -- Compensatory Discrimination and the Right to be Different -- The Role of Bentham in the History of Feminism -- The Bentham-Child Stereotype -- 3. Sexual Non-conformists -- Bentham's Auto-censure -- Sexual Non-conformities and Homosexuality -- Sodom and Gomorrah -- Montesquieu's Opinion -- Voltaire's Opinions and Bentham's Earlier Views on Population -- Bentham's Neo-Malthusianism -- Male Homosexuality and Women -- Causes of Oppression -- A Utilitarian Re-examination -- Advantages of Proposed Liberty -- Biographical Notes -- 4. Jews -- Bentham's Defence of Usury -- Religious Toleration -- Bentham's Personal Attitude Towards the Jews -- 5. The Indigent -- Charity and Utility -- Bentham and Malthus -- Bentham and Place -- 6. Native People of the Colonies -- The Evolution of Bentham's Political Thought -- Bentham's Approach to Political Economy -- The Influence of Time and Place -- 7. Slaves -- Slavery in Bentham's Introduction -- Slavery in the Civil Code -- Adam Smith and Siéyès -- Bentham's Ambiguous Attitude towards Slavery -- Slavery in the Colonies -- Slavery and Slave-Trade in Africa -- 8. Animals -- 9. Conclusion -- Oppression and Prejudice -- Tyranny of the Majority -- Oppression and Toleration -- Oppression and Liberty -- Oppression and Benevolence -- Oppression and Utilitarianism -- Appendix: Bentham's Unpublished Manuscripts -- Women -- Sexual Non-conformists -- Slaves -- Animals -- Bibliography -- Index.

After the books on "La politica e gli spazi politici", "Metafore dello spazio", "Gli spazi immaginati", "Spazi e politica nella modernità tecnologica", this notebook continues the series devoted to illustrating the results of an interdisciplinary study group fostered by Lea Campos Boralevi, Vittore Collina and Bruna Consarelli, lecturers in the history of political theory, entitled "Figure dello spazio, politica e società", and aimed at exploring major political and social issues from the aspect of spaces and their production. Devoted to "Viaggio e politica" it seeks to probe the complex manner in which ideas, theories and models have been shaped over the history of political thought in relation to the journey in its spatial and physical, but also symbolic and imaginary, dimension. It is conceived as a moment of encounter and even clash with reality, problems, 'other' mentalities, and with formation, knowledge and transformation. Appendix: Tavole di Zwinger riprodotte nell'intervento di Lucia Felici, "La Methodus Apodemica di Theodor Zwinger: un osservatorio cinquecentesco della città come spazio politico

After the books on "La politica e gli spazi politici", "Metafore dello spazio", "Gli spazi immaginati", "Spazi e politica nella modernità tecnologica", this notebook continues the series devoted to illustrating the results of an interdisciplinary study group fostered by Lea Campos Boralevi, Vittore Collina and Bruna Consarelli, lecturers in the history of political theory, entitled "Figure dello spazio, politica e società", and aimed at exploring major political and social issues from the aspect of spaces and their production. Devoted to "Viaggio e politica" it seeks to probe the complex manner in which ideas, theories and models have been shaped over the history of political thought in relation to the journey in its spatial and physical, but also symbolic and imaginary, dimension. It is conceived as a moment of encounter and even clash with reality, problems, 'other' mentalities, and with formation, knowledge and transformation. Appendix: Tavole di Zwinger riprodotte nell'intervento di Lucia Felici, "La Methodus Apodemica di Theodor Zwinger: un osservatorio cinquecentesco della città come spazio politico". - Questo quaderno su Viaggio e politica continua la serie della Firenze University Press, nella quale sono finora usciti, a cura di Bruna Consarelli, "La politica e gli spazi" (2003), "Metafore dello spazio" (2004), "Gli spazi immaginati" (2005), "Spazi e politica nella modernità tecnologica" (2006). La serie è dedicata ad illustrare i risultati di un gruppo di studio interdisciplinare, promosso da Lea Campos Boralevi, Vittore Collina e Bruna Consarelli, docenti di Storia delle dottrine politiche, intitolato "Figure dello spazio, politica e società", con l'obiettivo di indagare i grandi temi politici e sociali dell'età moderna e contemporanea, dal punto di vista degli spazi e della loro produzione. "Viaggio e politica" presenta le complesse modalità con cui idee, dottrine, modelli si sono venuti configurando nella storia del pensiero politico rispetto al viaggio nella sua dimensione spaziale e fisica, ma anche simbolica e immaginaria, come momento di formazione, conoscenza e trasformazione nel confronto con realtà, problemi e mentalità 'altri'. Appendice: Tavole di Zwinger riprodotte nell'intervento di Lucia Felici, "La Methodus Apodemica di Theodor Zwinger: un osservatorio cinquecentesco della città come spazio politico"