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1 online resource (1 electronic resource (311 pages)) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-299) and index. |
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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. |
| 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. |
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This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Political and social views. |
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Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527 -- Political and social views.
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Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio.
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Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. Principe.
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Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio (Machiavelli, Niccolò) |
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Principe (Machiavelli, Niccolò) |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. |
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PHILOSOPHY / General. |
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Electonic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Machiavelli and the politics of democratic innovation Toronto ; University of Toronto Press, [2018] 9781487503932 (hbk : alk. paper) (DLC) 2018418417 |
| ISBN |
1487519095 (electronic book) |
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1487531591 (electronic book) |
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9781487519094 (electronic book) |
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9781487531591 (electronic book) |
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1487503938 hardback : alkaline paper |
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9781487503932 hardback : alkaline paper |
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