Machiavelli Then and Now : History, Politics, Literature

Cover 01.0_pp_i_iv_Frontmatter 02.0_pp_v_vi_Dedication 03.0_pp_vii_viii_Contents 04.0_pp_ix_x_Preface 05.0_pp_xi_xii_Abbreviations_and_Editions_Used 06.0_pp_1_18_Introduction 07.0_pp_19_20_Power_Citizenship_Strategies 07.1_pp_21_30_Machiavelli_on_Relationships_Knowledge_of_the_Occasion 07.2_pp_31_53_The_Anatomy_of_an_Error_Machiavellis_Supposed_Commitment_to_a_Citizen_Militia 07.3_pp_54_72_Machiavelli_and_Tyranny 07.4_pp_73_95_Machiavellis_Turn_to_Xenophon 07.5_pp_96_120_Machiavelli_and_the_Solitary_Discipline_of_Hunting 07.6_pp_121_142_To_Give_Reputation_to_One_Machiavelli_the_Populist_and_Other_Variations_on_II_Principe_Chapter_9 08.0_pp_143_144_History 08.1_pp_145_161_Riscontro_Machiavellis_Art_of_History 08.2_pp_162_173_Letters_as_Oracles_Machiavellis_Foresight_in_His_Letters 08.3_pp_174_190_Machiavellis_Lucretia_and_the_Origins_of_the_Roman_Republic_Rape_Gender_and_Founding_Violence 09.0_pp_191_192_Words_and_Dispositions 09.1_pp_193_218_Thinking_with_Animals_Machiavellis_Lasino_and_the_Metamorphoses_of_Power 09.2_pp_219_234_Machiavellian_Rhetoric_Revisited 09.3_pp_235_261_Machiavelli_Reading 09.4_pp_262_278_A_Language_for_Politics_and_a_Language_of_Politics_Words_as_a_Tool_of_Understanding_and_of_Action_in 10.0_pp_279_280_Afterlife 10.1_pp_281_295_Machiavelli_and_Gandhi 10.2_pp_296_315_The_Prince_between_Gramsci_and_Althusser 11.0_pp_316_320_The_Contributors 12.0_pp_321_336_Index Machiavelli's ideas are as important in our time as in his own. His insights and prescriptions help us make sense of today's political upheavals and natural calamities and reduce them to a working order. The chapters in Machiavelli Then and Now explore Machiavelli's central concerns: statecraft and order, liberty and citizenship, diplomacy and leadership, modes of strategization, the quest for empire - all set against the basic contention between autarchy, oligarchy and democracy. They also address the ethical and behaviourial factors behind political practice, such as force, suasion, ambition, corruption and vigilance in public discourse. The contributors consider the role of language, text and the imagination in Machiavelli, and they also bring the Machiavellian discourse closer to our own times, in relation to Gandhi, Gramsci and Althusser. The book will interest historians, political scientists and students of public policy; philosophers, rhetoricians and literary critics; and no less institution builders, diplomats and, administrators. "Machiavelli’s ideas are as important in our time as in his own. His insights and prescriptions help us make sense of today’s political upheavals and natural calamities, and reduce them to a working order. The essays in this volume explore Machiavelli’s central concerns: statecraft and order, liberty and citizenship, diplomacy and leadership, modes of strategization, the quest for empire - all set against the basic contention between autarchy, oligarchy, and democracy. They also address the ethical and behaviourial factors behind political practice, such as force, suasion, ambition, corruption, and vigilance in public discourse. Several essays consider the role of language, text, and the imagination in Machiavelli. Two pieces bring the Machiavellian discourse closer to our own times, in relation to Gandhi, Gramsci, and Althusser"-- From back cover The book explores Machiavelli's central concerns: statecraft and order, liberty and citizenship, diplomacy and leadership, empire and history, set against ethical and behaviorial issues like force, suasion, ambition, corruption and vigilance in public affairs. It should interest historians, diplomats, students of public policy, literary critics.