Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince is one of the most celebrated and
notorious books in the history of Western political thought. It
continues to influence discussions of war and peace, the nature of
politics, and the relation of private ethics to public duties.
Ostensibly a sixteenth-century manual of instruction on certain
aspects of princely rule and behavior, The Prince anticipates and
complicates modern political and philosophical questions. What is
the right order of society? Can Western politics still be the model
for progress toward peace and prosperity, or does our freedom to
create our individual purposes and pursuits undermine our public
responsibilities? Are the characteristics of our politics markedly
different, for better or for worse, than the politics of earlier
eras? Machiavelli argues that there is no ideal, transcendent order
to which one can conform, and that the right order is merely the
one that has the capacity to persist over time. The Prince's
emphasis on the importance of an effective truth over any abstract
ideal marks it as one of the first works of modern political
philosophy. Machiavelli's Legacy situates Machiavelli in general
and The Prince in particular at the birth of modernity. Joining the
conversation with established Machiavelli scholars are political
theorists, Americanists, and international relations scholars,
ensuring a diversity of viewpoints and approaches. Each contributor
elucidates different features of Machiavelli's thinking, from his
rejection of classical antiquity and Christianity, to his proposed
dissolution of natural roles and hierarchies among human beings.
The essays cover topics such as Machiavelli's vision for a
heaven-sent redemptive ruler of Italy, an argument that Machiavelli
accomplished a profoundly democratic turn in political thought, and
a tough-minded liberal critique of his realistic agenda for
political life, resulting in a book that is, in effect, a spirited
conversation about Machiavelli's legacy. Contributors: Thomas E.
Cronin, David Hendrickson, Harvey Mansfield, Clifford Orwin, Arlene
Saxonhouse, Maurizio Viroli, David Wootton, Catherine Zuckert.
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