Reading Machiavelli : scandalous books, suspect engagements, and the virtue of populist politics /
McCormick, John P.,1966-author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Vulgarity and virtuosity: Machiavelli's elusive "effectual truth" -- Part I. The passion of Duke Valentino: Cesare Borgia, biblical allegory, and The prince -- "Keep the public rich and the citizens poor": Economic inequality and political corruption in the Discourses -- On the myth of a conservative turn in the Florentine histories -- Part II. Rousseau's repudation of Machiavelli's democratic roman republic -- Leo Strauss's Machiavelli and the querelle between the few and the many -- The cambridge school's "Guicciardinian moments" revisited -- Summation. Scandalous writings, dubious readings, and the virtues of popular empowerment -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Populism
Populism
Philosophy.
Populism.
Philosophy.