Machiavelli and the Politics of Democratic Innovation / Christopher Holman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holman, Christopher, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527--Criticism and interpretation.

Machiavelli, Niccolò.

Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio (Machiavelli, Niccolò).

Principe (Machiavelli, Niccolò).

Political science.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages)

Place of Publication:

University of Toronto Press 2018

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Aug 2018)

ISBN:

1-4875-1910-9

1-4875-3159-1

1-4875-1909-5

OCLC:

1046084488

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access