Machiavelli in Tumult: The Discourses on Livy and the Origins of Political Conflictualism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107177277)

Among the theses that for centuries have ensured Niccol Machiavelli an ambiguous fame, a special place goes to his extremely positive opinion of social conflicts, and, more in particular, to the claim that in ancient Rome 'the disunion between the plebs and the Roman senate made that republic free and powerful' (Discourses on Livy I.4). Contrary to a long tradition that had always highly valued civic concord, Machiavelli thought that - at least under certain conditions - internecine discord could be a source of strength and not of weakness, and built upon this daring proposition an original vision of political order. Machiavelli in Tumult (originally published in Italian in 2011) is the first book-length study entirely devoted to analyzing this idea, its ancient roots (never before identified), its enduring (but often invisible) influence up until the American and the French Revolution (and beyond), and its relevance for contemporary political theory.

Author: Gabriele Pedullà
ISBN-10: 1107177278
ISBN-13: 9781107177277
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/30/2018
Pages: 298
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.44w x 0.91d