Reading Machiavelli: Scandalous Books, Suspect Engagements, and the Virtue of Populist Politics
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Reading Machiavelli: Scandalous Books, Suspect Engagements, and the Virtue of Populist Politics

Reading Machiavelli: Scandalous Books, Suspect Engagements, and the Virtue of Populist Politics

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John P. McCormick (Author)  

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A new reading of Machiavelli's major works that demonstrates how he has been previously misread To what extent was Niccolo Machiavelli a "Machiavellian"? Was he an amoral adviser of tyranny or a stalwart partisan of liberty? A neutral technician of power politics or a devout Italian patriot? A reviver of pagan virtue or initiator of modern nihilism? Reading Machiavelli answers these questions through original interpretations of Machiavelli's three major political works-The Prince, Discourses, and Florentine Histories-and demonstrates that a radically democratic populism seeded the Florentine's scandalous writings. John McCormick challenges the misguided understandings of Machiavelli set forth by prominent thinkers, including Jean-Jacques Rousseau and representatives of the Straussian and Cambridge schools, and he emphasizes the fundamental, often unacknowledged elements of a vibrant Machiavellian politics. Advancing fresh readings of Machiavelli's work, this book presents a new outlook on how politics should be conceptualized and practiced.
John P. McCormick is professor of political science at the University of Chicago. His books include Weimar Thought (Princeton) and Machiavellian Democracy.
  • Contributor: John P. McCormick
  • Imprint: Princeton University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780691211541
  • Number of Pages: 288
  • Packaged Dimensions: 140x216mm
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Release Date: 2020-11-24
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: John P. McCormick is professor of political science at the University of Chicago. His books include Weimar Thought (Princeton) and Machiavellian Democracy.

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