Machiavelli's Effectual Truth: Creating the Modern World

ISBN-13: 9781009320153 / Miękka / 2023 / 250 str.

Massachusetts) Mansfield Harvey C. (Harvard University

Opis

Machiavelli, master conspirator of effectual truth, meets his equal in Montesquieu, who takes the task of maintaining the modern world.

Recenzje

'Having long reigned as the foremost interpreter of Machiavelli's thought, Harvey Mansfield offers a provocative examination of Machiavelli's significant, but overlooked, term- 'the effectual truth.' Mansfield finds monumental significance in Machiavelli's neologism, which shaped the history of modern political philosophy and hence our contemporary world. This is a challenging work, full of insight as well as wry humor that demands - but also rewards - reflection.' Vickie B. Sullivan, Cornelia M. Jackson Professor of Political Science, Tufts University

Spis treści

1. Machiavelli's succession problem; 2. Machiavelli's world; 3. Leo Strauss on The Prince; 4. The cuckold in Machiavelli's Mandragola; 5. Leonardo Bruni and Machiavelli on civic humanism; 6. Montesquieu and Machiavelli; 7. Tocqueville's Machiavellianism.