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Machiavelli on Liberty and Conflict (Hardcover)
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Machiavelli on Liberty and Conflict (Hardcover)
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More than five hundred years after Machiavelli wrote The Prince,
his landmark treatise on the pragmatic application of power remains
a pivot point for debates on political thought. While scholars
continue to investigate interpretations of The Prince in different
contexts throughout history, from the Renaissance to the
Risorgimento and Italian unification, other fruitful lines of
research explore how Machiavelli's ideas about power and leadership
can further our understanding of contemporary political
circumstances. With Machiavelli on Liberty and Conflict, David
Johnston, Nadia Urbinati, and Camila Vergara have brought together
the most recent research on The Prince, with contributions from
many of the leading scholars of Machiavelli, including Quentin
Skinner, Harvey Mansfield, Erica Benner, John McCormick, and
Giovanni Giorgini. Organized into four sections, the book focuses
first on Machiavelli's place in the history of political thought:
Is he the last of the ancients or the creator of a new, distinctly
modern conception of politics? And what might the answer to this
question reveal about the impact of these disparate traditions on
the founding of modern political philosophy? The second section
contrasts current understandings of Machiavelli's view of virtues
in The Prince. The relationship between political leaders, popular
power, and liberty is another perennial problem in studies of
Machiavelli, and the third section develops several claims about
that relationship. Finally, the fourth section explores the legacy
of Machiavelli within the republican tradition of political thought
and his relevance to enduring political issues.
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