Machiavelli and the politics of democratic innovation /

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Author / Creator:	Holman, Christopher, author.
Imprint:	Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Description:	311 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Machiavelli, Niccolò, -- 1469-1527 -- Criticism and interpretation. Machiavelli, Niccolò, -- 1469-1527 -- Political and social views. Machiavelli, Niccolò, -- 1469-1527. -- Principe. Machiavelli, Niccolò, -- 1469-1527. -- Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio. Machiavelli, Niccolò, -- 1469-1527 Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio (Machiavelli, Niccolò) Principe (Machiavelli, Niccolò) Political and social views Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11679273

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ISBN:	1487503938 9781487503932
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	This book critically reevaluates the political thought of Niccolo 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.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1. Methodology
1. Machiavelli and the Constellative Mode of Historical Appropriation
Part 2. Philosophical Anthropology
2. The Contingency of Being: On Worldly and Human Indetermination
3. Politics and the Human Essence: The Prince as a Model of Human Subjectivity
Part 3. Political Ontology
4. Ambition and the People: The Popular Form of the Desire for Creation
5. Social Equality and the Contingent Being of the Great
6. Institutionalizing Ambitious Expression: The Republic as the Self-Overcoming Regime
Works Cited
Index

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