Machiavelli in love : the modern politics of love and fear / Haig Patapan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patapan, Haig, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Love--Philosophy.

Love.

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.

Machiavelli, Niccolò.

Fear.

Desire.

Physical Description:

ix, 171 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2006]

Summary:

Despite Machiavelli's attempt to ignore love as a major philosophical theme, Machiavelli in Love argues that the key to modernity is its understanding of love. This understanding, a reformulation of classical eros and Christian agape and caritas, accounts for significant aspect of modern political thought and practice, ranging from its conception of beauty, to its theories of power and constitutionalism, to its understanding of philosophy. Haig Patapan discovers that Machiavelli intertwines teachings on love with his political and philosophical theories. This book is an invitation to find the implicit teachings on love cleverly intermingled in Machiavelli's works, with the reward of reaching a profound understanding of modernity and Machiavelli's political views in relation to the foundations of love. Patapan reveals that the understanding of love is essential to the appreciation of Machiavelli's political thought. Each chapter of the book engages different facets of the philosopher's thought to yield a comprehensive appreciation of Machiavillian love and fear and its implication for modernity.

Contents:

1 Nets of Gold 15

2 Art of Love 45

3 Prince of Love 79

4 Friends and Enemies 111

5 Machiavelli in Love 137.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-164) and index.

ISBN:

0739112503

OCLC:

65063965

Publisher Number:

9780739112502