Machiavelli's Florentine Republic

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Synopsis
What do modern republics have to fear?

Machiavelli's Florentine Republic reconstructs Machiavelli's answer to this question from the perspective of the Florentine Histories, his most probing meditation on the fate of republican politics in the modern age. It argues that his principle goal in narrating the defeat of Florentine republicanism is to debunk the views of leading humanists concerning the overall health of republican politics in modernity and the distinctive challenges that modern republics should expect to face. The Medici family had exposed these vulnerabilities better than anyone else, and Machiavelli reconstructs their political strategy to show how conventional ideas of moral and political virtue are the most potent instruments of princely ambition in a city that wants to be free.

Makes the Florentine Histories accessible to contemporary audiences interested in Machiavelli's political theory, and especially his republicanism.

Introduces readers to key examples of this primary source material,and offers extended comparative analyses with the Histories.

Highlights where and how Machiavelli is engaging with questions central to political theory, including those at the heart of The Prince and The Discourses.

Copyright:
2018

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ISBN-13:
9781108563796
Related ISBNs:
9781107125506, 9781107125506
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
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Copyrighted By:
Michelle T. Clarke
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No
Language:
English
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Categories:
History, Philosophy, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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