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Between Form and Event
Miguel E. Vatter
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Description for Between Form and Event
Hardback. Before Machiavelli, political freedom was approached as a problem of the best distribution of the functions of ruler and ruled. This text reveals Machiavelli's legacy to modernity as the recognition of an irreconcilable tension between the demands of freedom and the imperatives of morality. Series: Topoi Library. Num Pages: 355 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 698.
Before Machiavelli, political freedom was approached as a problem of the best distribution of the functions of ruler and ruled. Machiavelli changed the terms of freedom, requiring that its discourse address the demand for no-rule or non-domination. Political freedom would then develop only through a strategy of antagonism to every form of legitimate domination. This leads to the emergence of modern political life: any institution that wishes to rule legitimately must simultaneously be inscribed with its immanent critique and imminent subversion. For Machiavelli, the possibility of instituting the political form is ... Read more
Before Machiavelli, political freedom was approached as a problem of the best distribution of the functions of ruler and ruled. Machiavelli changed the terms of freedom, requiring that its discourse address the demand for no-rule or non-domination. Political freedom would then develop only through a strategy of antagonism to every form of legitimate domination. This leads to the emergence of modern political life: any institution that wishes to rule legitimately must simultaneously be inscribed with its immanent critique and imminent subversion. For Machiavelli, the possibility of instituting the political form is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
355
Condition
New
Series
Topoi Library
Number of Pages
355
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792365334
SKU
V9780792365334
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