The Machiavellian Legacy: Essays in Italian Political Thought (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333689370)

What do classical elitists like Pareto and Mosca have in common with Marxists like Labriola and Gramsci? In this collection of essays, Joseph Femia argues that all four thinkers are united by the 'worldly humanism' they inherited from Machiavelli. Their distinctively Italian hostility to the metaphysical abstractions of natural law and Christian theology accounted for similarities in their thought that are obscured by the familiar terminology of 'left' and 'right'. The collection includes critical essays on each of the four thinkers, as well as an introductory chapter on their links with Machiavelli.

Author: J. Femia
ISBN-10: 0333689372
ISBN-13: 9780333689370
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 10/19/1998
Pages: 169
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.44d