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Guido de Ruggiero (1888–1948) was perhaps the greatest Italian intellectual historian in the twentieth century. He was a fierce champion of liberalism, an ardent opponent of Fascism, an insightful critic and interpreter of his contemporaries, and a formidable philosopher in his own right. Idealism & Experience: The Philosophy of Guido de Ruggiero comprises eight new critical essays, as well as English translations of five of de Ruggiero's most important shorter writings, which chart the development of his thought between 1914 and 1946. Taken together, these essays reveal the range, richness and philosophical sophistication of de Ruggiero’s ideas, enabling Anglophone readers to appreciate their enduring relevance in our own troubled times.

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Bruce Haddock is Professor of Modern European Social and Political Thought at Cardiff University. His principal publications include A History of Political Thought: From Antiquity to the Present (2008), A History of Political Thought: 1789 to the Present (2005), Vico's Political Thought (1986) and An Introduction to Historical Thought (1980). He is also joint editor of Vincenzo Cuoco's Historical Essay on the Neapolitan Revolution of 1799 (2014), Evil in Contemporary Political Theory (2011), Principles and Political Order: The Challenge of Diversity (2006), Multiculturalism, Identity and Rights (2003), and The Politics of Italian Identity (2000). Rik Peters is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Groningen. His publications include History as Thought and Action: The Philosophies of Croce, Gentile, de Ruggiero and Collingwood (2013), He has published articles, chapters and reviews in journals such as History and Theory, Collingwood and British Idealism Studies, Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis, Storia della storiografia/History of Historiography, and Incontri. James R.M. Wakefield teaches Political Theory, Political Science and Government in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Cardiff University. He was previously Tutor in Philosophy in the Department of Political and Cultural Studies at Swansea University. His publications include the monograph Giovanni Gentile and the State of Contemporary Constructivism: A Study of Actual Idealist Moral Theory (2015) and the edited volume Thought Thinking: The Philosophy of Giovanni Gentile (2015, with Bruce Haddock). His articles, translations and reviews have appeared in the British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Collingwood and British Idealism Studies, e-International Relations, the Intellectual History Review, the Journal of Educational Thought, Il Pensiero Italiano, Il Pensiero Storico, and Philosophy Now.

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