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Machiavelli and the Politics of Democratic Innovation /

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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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Main Author: Holman, Christopher (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Machiavelli, Niccolò, > 1469-1527.
Machiavelli, Niccolò, > 1469-1527. > Principe.
Machiavelli, Niccolò, > 1469-1527. > Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio.
Machiavelli, Niccolò, > 1469-1527 > Political and social views.
Machiavelli, Niccolò, > 1469-1527 > Criticism and interpretation.
Political and social views.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Principe (Machiavelli, Niccolò)
Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio (Machiavelli, Niccolò)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electonic books.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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