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Charity as Social Justice : Antonio Rosmini and the Great Irish Famine

Zavatti, Francesco LU orcid (2021) In The Journal of Ecclesiastical History 72(3). p.573-589
Abstract
The article sheds light on the significant fundraising and relief activities for Ireland during the Great Famine (1845–50) initiated in 1847 by the Italian philosopher and cleric Antonio Rosmini and his network in Savoy-Piedmont, Lombardy-Venetia and England. By analysing Rosmini's philosophical and political writings, the article demonstrates that Rosmini considered aid in times of crisis as an act of social justice for which individuals have to take responsibility. By analysing documents from the Italian and Irish archives, the article gives an account of the fundraising effort's practices of networking, appealing, almsgiving and delivery.
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Motivations of helping, humanitarianism, moral economy, Great Irish Famine, Catholicism, Ireland, Italian states, relief aid
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The Journal of Ecclesiastical History
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72
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3
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17 pages
publisher
Cambridge University Press
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  • scopus:85096975953
DOI
10.1017/S0022046920001499
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English
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This is a research output of the project ‘The Moral Economy of Italian Civil Society’, co-financed by the Department of Political Sciences, Roma Tre University and the Swedish National Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, grant number 2012-00614).
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{573--589}},
  publisher    = {{Cambridge University Press}},
  series       = {{The Journal of Ecclesiastical History}},
  title        = {{Charity as Social Justice : Antonio Rosmini and the Great Irish Famine}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022046920001499}},
  doi          = {{10.1017/S0022046920001499}},
  volume       = {{72}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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