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Holman, Christopher,

Machiavelli and the politics of democratic innovation / Christopher Holman. - 1 electronic resource (311 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-299) and index.

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.

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.

ISBN: 1487519095 1487531591 9781487519094 9781487531591

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LCCN: 2020715075

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Subjects--Personal Names:
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.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio (Machiavelli, Niccolò)
Principe (Machiavelli, Niccolò)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Reference.
Political and social views.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electonic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: JC143.M4

Dewey Class. No.: 320.1