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Title

  • Machiavelli and the politics of democratic innovation

Summary

  • 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.

Names

  • Holman, Christopher, author.

Created / Published

  • Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
  • ©2018

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.

Headings

  • -  Machiavelli, Niccolò,--1469-1527--Criticism and interpretation
  • -  Machiavelli, Niccolò,--1469-1527--Political and social views
  • -  Machiavelli, Niccolò,--1469-1527.--Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio
  • -  Machiavelli, Niccolò,--1469-1527.--Principe
  • -  Machiavelli, Niccolò,--1469-1527
  • -  Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio (Machiavelli, Niccolò)
  • -  Principe (Machiavelli, Niccolò)
  • -  Political and social views

Genre

  • Criticism, interpretation, etc

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-299) and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (311 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • JC143.M4

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020715075

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Access Advisory

  • Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Holman, Christopher, Author. Machiavelli and the Politics of Democratic Innovation. [Toronto ; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, ©, 2018] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020715075/.

APA citation style:

Holman, C. (2018) Machiavelli and the Politics of Democratic Innovation. [Toronto ; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, ©] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020715075/.

MLA citation style:

Holman, Christopher, Author. Machiavelli and the Politics of Democratic Innovation. [Toronto ; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, ©, 2018] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020715075/>.