Reading Machiavelli : Scandalous Books, Suspect Engagements, and the Virtue of Populist Politics /

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To what extent was Machiavelli a "Machiavellian"? Was he an amoral adviser of tyranny or a stalwart partisan of liberty? A neutral technician of power politics or a devout Italian patriot? A reviver of pagan virtue or initiator of modern nihilism? This book answers these questions through...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McCormick, John P., 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Machiavelli, Niccolò > 1469-1527 > Istorie fiorentine
Machiavelli, Niccolò > 1469-1527 > Il principe
Machiavelli, Niccolò > 1469-1527 > Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio
Machiavelli, Niccolò, > 1469-1527.
Machiavelli, Niccolò, > 1469-1527 > Criticism and interpretation.
Populismus
Politische Philosophie
Populism.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Italian.
Populisme.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Vulgarity and Virtuosity : Machiavelli's Elusive "Effectual Truth"
  • The Passion of Duke Valentino : Cesare Borgia, Biblical Allegory, and The Prince ; "Keep the Public Rich and the Citizens Poor" : Economic Inequality and Political Corruption in the Discourses ; On the Myth of a Conservative Turn in the Florentine Histories
  • Rousseau's Repudiation of Machiavelli's Democratic Roman Republic ; Leo Strauss's Machiavelli and the Querelle between the Few and the Many ; The Cambridge School's "Guicciardinian Moments" Revisited
  • Summation. Scandalous Writings, Dubious Readings, and the Virtues of Popular Empowerment.

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