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Machiavelli in Tumult - The Discourses on Livy and the Origins of Political Conflictualism (Hardcover)
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Machiavelli in Tumult - The Discourses on Livy and the Origins of Political Conflictualism (Hardcover)
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Among the theses that for centuries have ensured Niccolo
Machiavelli an ambiguous fame, a special place goes to his
extremely positive opinion of social conflicts, and, more in
particular, to the claim that in ancient Rome 'the disunion between
the plebs and the Roman senate made that republic free and
powerful' (Discourses on Livy I.4). Contrary to a long tradition
that had always highly valued civic concord, Machiavelli thought
that - at least under certain conditions - internecine discord
could be a source of strength and not of weakness, and built upon
this daring proposition an original vision of political order.
Machiavelli in Tumult (originally published in Italian in 2011) is
the first book-length study entirely devoted to analyzing this
idea, its ancient roots (never before identified), its enduring
(but often invisible) influence up until the American and the
French Revolution (and beyond), and its relevance for contemporary
political theory.
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