Machiavelli and the Politics of Democratic Innovation /

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.

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Hlavní autor: Holman, Christopher (Autor)
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
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Obsah:
  • 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.