Machiavelli and the politics of democratic innovation /

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This book critically reevaluates the political thought of Niccolò Machiavelli, demonstrating the extent to which he can be seen to formulate a unique ethical foundation for democratic practice that is grounded in the creative orientation of all individuals.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Holman, Christopher (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Machiavelli, Niccolò, > 1469-1527 > Criticism and interpretation.
Machiavelli, Niccolò, > 1469-1527 > Political and social views.
Machiavelli, Niccolò, > 1469-1527. > Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio.
Machiavelli, Niccolò, > 1469-1527. > Principe.
Machiavelli, Niccolò, > 1469-1527
Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio (Machiavelli, Niccolò)
Principe (Machiavelli, Niccolò)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
Political and social views
Electonic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part one: Methodology
  • Machiavelli and the constellative move of historical appropriation
  • Part two: Philosophical Anthropology
  • The contingency of being: on worldly and human indetermination
  • Politics and the human essence: The prince as a model of human subjectivity
  • Part three: Political Ontology
  • Ambition and the people: the popular form of the desire for creation
  • Social equality and the contingent being of the great
  • Institutionalizing ambitious expression: the republic as the self-overcoming regime.

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