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I limiti dell’agenzia. Imperi e individui nelle guerre d’indipendenza colombiane e greche

  • Luis Alfredo De la Peña Jiménez

This study compares Colombian and Greek independence, examining the limits of agency. It analyzes the paradox of using European Enlightenment concepts to forge national identities against empires, showing how global ideas were re-elaborated into local founding myths and political autonomy.

  • Keywords:
  • Independence wars,
  • Enlightenment,
  • National identity,
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Luis Alfredo De la Peña Jiménez

Universidad del País Vasco (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea), Spain - ORCID: 0000-0001-9759-3890

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Chapter Title

I limiti dell’agenzia. Imperi e individui nelle guerre d’indipendenza colombiane e greche

Authors

Luis Alfredo De la Peña Jiménez

Language

Italian

DOI

10.36253/979-12-215-1080-5.17

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2026

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Book Title

Idee e oggetti in movimento: circolazione, connessioni, percezioni, limitazioni

Book Subtitle

Atti del Convegno 2023 del corso di dottorato in Studi Storici delle Università di Firenze e Siena (Siena, 17 maggio 2023)

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Alberto Cancellara, Andrea Nossa, Leandro Stacchini, Barbara Testini

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202

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2026

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© 2026 Author(s)

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Firenze University Press

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