Machiavelli Through Rousseau

Author : John Plamenatz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191631320

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Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Rousseau by John Plamenatz Pdf

This volume presents lucid and insightful lectures on three great figures from the history of political thought, by John Plamenatz (1912-1975), a leading political philosopher of his time. He explores a range of themes in the political thought of Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Rousseau, at substantially greater length and depth than in his famous work of 1961, Man and Society. The lectures exemplify Plamenatz's view that repeated engagement with the texts of canonical thinkers can substantially enrich and expand our capacity for political reflection. Edited by Mark Philp and Zbigniew Pelczynski, the volume includes annotations to supply Plamenatz's sources and to refer readers to developments in their interpretation. A substantial introduction by Philp sets some of Plamenatz's concerns in the light of trends in recent scholarship, and illuminates the relevance of his work to the contemporary study of political thought.

Author : Helena Rosenblatt,Paul Schweigert
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107105768

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Thinking with Rousseau by Helena Rosenblatt,Paul Schweigert Pdf

Rousseau's relation to the Western intellectual tradition is re-examined through a series of 'conversations' between Rousseau and other 'great thinkers'.

Author : Ruth W. Grant
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226305929

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Hypocrisy and Integrity by Ruth W. Grant Pdf

Questioning the usual judgements of political ethics, Ruth W. Grant argues that hypocrisy can actually be constructive while strictly principled behavior can be destructive. Hypocrisy and Integrity offers a new conceptual framework that clarifies the differences between idealism and fanaticism while it uncovers the moral limits of compromise. "Exciting and provocative. . . . Grant's work is to be highly recommended, offering a fresh reading of Rousseau and Machiavelli as well as presenting a penetrating analysis of hypocrisy and integrity."—Ronald J. Terchek, American Political Science Review "A great refreshment. . . . With liberalism's best interests at heart, Grant seeks to make available a better understanding of the limits of reason in politics."—Peter Berkowitz, New Republic

Author : Melissa M. Matthes
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0271039345

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Rape of Lucretia and the Founding of Republics by Melissa M. Matthes Pdf

Matthes (U. of Maryland) stages a conversation between feminism and republicanism to analyze the linkage between "founding stories" of republics, sexual violence, and gender hierarchy. While pointing out the differences in the retellings of Lucretia's rape by Livy, Machiavelli, and Rousseau, she argues that their commonality is in appropriating the classical tale to support the view that the alternative to violence is citizenship and politics infused with common good notions of agency, action, and community. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Maurizio Viroli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 0521531381

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the 'Well-Ordered Society' by Maurizio Viroli Pdf

This book studies a central but hitherto neglected aspect of Rousseau's political thought: the concept of social order and its implications for the ideal society which he envisages. The antithesis between order and disorder is a fundamental theme in Rousseau's work, and the author takes it as the basis for this study. In contrast with a widely held interpretation of Rousseau's philosophy, Professor Viroli argues that natural and political order are by no means the same for Rousseau. He explores the differences and interrelations between the different types of order which Rousseau describes, and shows how the philosopher constructed his final doctrine of the just society, which can be based only on every citizen's voluntary and knowing acceptance of the social contract and on the promotion of virtue above ambition. The author also shows the extent of Rousseau's debt to the republican tradition, and above all to Machiavelli, and revises the image of Rousseau as a disciple of the natural-law school.

Author : Helena Rosenblatt,Paul Schweigert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : PHILOSOPHY
ISBN : 1108522467

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Thinking with Rousseau by Helena Rosenblatt,Paul Schweigert Pdf

Rousseau's relation to the Western intellectual tradition is re-examined through a series of 'conversations' between Rousseau and other 'great thinkers'.

Author : Niccolò Machiavelli
Publisher : Xist Publishing
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781681959030

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The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli Pdf

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli from Coterie Classics All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book. “The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.” ― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince Machiavelli's The Prince was a battle for obtaining and maintaining power in 14th century Italy but it is surprisingly relevant to the understanding of business, politics and the nature of society.

Author : Can Esen
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 5 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783656613992

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A comparison of the views of J.J. Rousseau and Machiavelli on legislator of the state by Can Esen Pdf

Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - Political Theory and the History of Ideas Journal, Saint Mary's University, course: History of Political Thought, language: English, abstract: The character and role of the legislator in a perfect type of government are common themes in the thought of two of the great minds in Western philosophy: Machiavelli, who wrote during the Renaissance era and Jean Jacques Rousseau, who wrote during the enlightenment. One can find both differences and similarities on both of the two thinkers’ ideas they used for describing the ideal legislator. They both argue that authority should not rest in the hand of just one man, but both give different reasons for this. Machiavelli says that ‘many should remain in charge of the state’ in order to guarantee stability and make it last long because otherwise there will be whether ‘tyranny’ or ‘anarchy’; Rousseau believes that ‘the legislator’ should not be the sole authority and should not be granted any legislative right in order protect ‘the general will’ of the people, because otherwise the legislator would ‘be tempted to act according to his ‘private will’ and destroy the ‘common will’ (Machiavelli 2012, p.356 & Rousseau 2012, p.572).

Author : John P. McCormick
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691211541

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Reading Machiavelli by John P. McCormick Pdf

A new reading of Machiavelli’s major works that demonstrates how he has been previously misread To what extent was Niccolò Machiavelli a “Machiavellian”? Was he an amoral adviser of tyranny or a stalwart partisan of liberty? A neutral technician of power politics or a devout Italian patriot? A reviver of pagan virtue or initiator of modern nihilism? Reading Machiavelli answers these questions through original interpretations of Machiavelli’s three major political works—The Prince, Discourses, and Florentine Histories—and demonstrates that a radically democratic populism seeded the Florentine’s scandalous writings. John McCormick challenges the misguided understandings of Machiavelli set forth by prominent thinkers, including Jean-Jacques Rousseau and representatives of the Straussian and Cambridge schools, and he emphasizes the fundamental, often unacknowledged elements of a vibrant Machiavellian politics. Advancing fresh readings of Machiavelli’s work, this book presents a new outlook on how politics should be conceptualized and practiced.

Author : John Petrov Plamenatz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Political science
ISBN : UOM:49015000220211

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Man and Society: Machiavelli through Rousseau by John Petrov Plamenatz Pdf

Author : John Petrov Plamenatz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Political science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006492149

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Machiavelli through Rousseau by John Petrov Plamenatz Pdf

Author : Helena Rosenblatt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Hermeneutics
ISBN : 1108517994

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Thinking with Rousseau by Helena Rosenblatt Pdf

Rousseau's relation to the Western intellectual tradition is re-examined through a series of 'conversations' between Rousseau and other 'great thinkers'

Author : Ruth Weissbourd Grant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1333948374

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Hypocrisy and Integrity by Ruth Weissbourd Grant Pdf

Author : Maurizio Viroli
Publisher : Granta Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781783781201

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How To Read Machiavelli by Maurizio Viroli Pdf

'Men are infamous and detestable who are destroyers of religion, squanderers of kingdoms and republics, and enemies of the virtues.' Niccolo Machiavelli Machiavelli (1459-1527) is one of the most influential modern political thinkers. His works, above all The Prince, The Discourses on Livy, The Florentine Histories and The Art of War, are still passionately discussed and continue to give rise to new visions of political action. Against the trite commonplace that Machiavelli was a teacher of evil who justified political immorality, Maurizio Viroli shows that Machiavaelli was concerned instead with the best way to attain true glory through political action and that his works were inspired by a profound love of republican liberty. Extracts are taken from the whole corpus of Machiavelli's works, including his personal letters.

Author : Dante Germino
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1979-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226288505

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Machiavelli to Marx by Dante Germino Pdf

"Germino examines the scholars of this period whose works he feels have made significant new approaches to the critical understanding of our world and, consequently, to the problems of our time. He discusses utilitarianism, lieberalism, scientism, and messianic nationalism"--Back cover