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Machiavelli in the Making (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)
Claude Lefort
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Paperback. "Originally published in French as Le travail de l'oeuvre Machiavel by Editions Gallimard, Paris, France, 2005."--T.p. verso. Translator(s): Smith, Michael. Series: Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. Num Pages: 526 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 456.
Machiavelli in the Making is both a novel interpretation of the Florentine’s work and a critical document for understanding influential French scholar and public intellectual Claude Lefort’s later writings on democracy and totalitarianism. Lefort extricates Machiavelli’s thought from the dominant interpretations of him as the founder of “objective” political science, which, having liberated itself from the religious and moralising tendencies of medieval political reflection, attempts to arrive at a realistic discourse on the operations of raw power. Lefort ultimately finds that Machiavelli’s discourse opens the “place of the political” which had previously been occupied by theology and morality.
Machiavelli in the Making is both a novel interpretation of the Florentine’s work and a critical document for understanding influential French scholar and public intellectual Claude Lefort’s later writings on democracy and totalitarianism. Lefort extricates Machiavelli’s thought from the dominant interpretations of him as the founder of “objective” political science, which, having liberated itself from the religious and moralising tendencies of medieval political reflection, attempts to arrive at a realistic discourse on the operations of raw power. Lefort ultimately finds that Machiavelli’s discourse opens the “place of the political” which had previously been occupied by theology and morality.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Number of Pages
526
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810124387
SKU
V9780810124387
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