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Machiavelli Revisited: (Political Philosophy Now)


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It has become fashionable in recent years to see Machiavelli as something of a communitarian democrat, a champion of popular participation, social solidarity and the rule of law. This 'sanitized' version contradicts the familiar portrait of Machiavelli as a treacherous foe of political morality, a sycophantic adviser to tyrants, and a forerunner of modern totalitarianism. In this fresh and stimulating analysis of Machiavelli's political thought, Joseph V. Femia steers a middle course between these two extremes, defending Machiavelli's republican credentials without turning a blind eye to his more shocking pronouncements. The Machiavelli who emerges here rejected metaphysics and pioneered a pragmatic approach to politics governed by circumstances rather than by abstract principles. Femia argues that in fact Machiavelli can be seen as the founder of what we now refer to as liberal pluralism - the view, essential to modern democracy, that the primary purpose of politics is to resolve the competing claims of diverse values and interests. Machiavelli Revisited offers a significant reinterpretation of one of the major figures in political theory, and demonstrates the continuing relevance of Machiavelli's thought for the contemporary world.

Table of Contents:
Preface; I Interpreting Machiavelli; II Setting the Context; III Anti-essentialism; IV The Empirical Method; V Political Realism; VI Machiavelli's Progeny; VII Machiavelli Today; Bibliography; Index

About the Author :
Joseph Femia is lecturer in Politics at Liverpool University. He has published articles in a wide variety of scholarly journals and is the author of Gramsci's Political Thought, The Machiavellian Legacy and Marxism and Democracy.

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'...a significant reinterpretation of Machiavelli that should interest experts as well as the general reading public...excellent ...' The European Legacy


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780708317228
  • Publisher: University of Wales Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Wales Press
  • Height: 220 mm
  • No of Pages: 200
  • Returnable: 03
  • Series Title: Political Philosophy Now
  • Width: 147 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0708317227
  • Publisher Date: 17 Feb 2004
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 200
  • Returnable: 03
  • Weight: 336 gr


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