Reason of State and universal history
2021
In the XC Ragguaglio of the II Centuria of
Ragguagli di Parnaso (Advertisments from
Parnassus), Traiano Boccalini discusses the Reason of State and
the issue of conquests. The writing reveals a very strong anti-Hispanism
while nevertheless offering a longer and wider perspective. The issue of the
conquest of the New World has been present in European political reflection
since the middle of the sixteenth century. Boccalini's need to reflect on
this issue is more understandable if we take into account the contribution
of a contemporary of his, the political writer and former Jesuit Giovanni
Botero. Botero felt there was a need to deepen the reflection on The
Reason of State and, in the same way, his Universal
Relations dealt with the problem of the expansion of European
nations and the building of overseas empires. The transition from
The Reason of State to Relations
allowed Botero to widen his outlook, where the perspective of Reason
of State was not abandoned. This chapter aims to demonstrate how
Boccalini engaged in a discussion in his Ragguagli
precisely with this view in mind.
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