Machiavelli and the politics of democratic innovation, Christopher Holman
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Machiavelli and the politics of democratic innovation, Christopher Holman
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-299) and index
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index present
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non fiction
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Machiavelli and the politics of democratic innovation
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bibliography
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1029774885
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Christopher Holman
Summary
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.--, Provided by Publisher
Table Of Contents
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
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