Giovanni Giorgini
Biographic Data
| ID | 5604558 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Giovanni Giorgini |
| GIVEN NAMES | Giovanni |
| FAMILY NAME | Giorgini |
| SIGNATURE | GIORGINI G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bologna |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4706-5381 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Machiavelli on the Role of Laws and Exemplary Men in Times of Crisis
In this essay, I investigate the notion of exemplarity in Machiavelli’s political thought, namely the importance of examples given by pre-eminent citizens in times of crisis, when the laws are unable to restrain the conflict between factions in a political community. There is no contradiction between considering essential both the laws, an objective instrument created by the common will of the citizens, which rules and protects them, and the exce…
Machiavellian Variations, or When Moral Convictions and Political Duties Collide
Commenting on Michael Walzer’s essay, the author adopts a perspective that traces back to Machiavelli. In this view, ‘dirty hands’ is a true problem faced by politicians, not a philosophical fiction or a moral quandary resulting from wrong reasoning. ‘Dirty hands’ results from the collision of two spheres of human action -morality and politics- which entail different duties; it concerns actions which have extremely serious public consequences and…
The Cosmopolitanism of the Early Sophists
An investigation of the emergence of the notion of ‘Cosmopolitanism’ in 5th century Greece. The author focusses on the early sophists, and specifically on Antiphon and Hippias
Sovereignty and Strife
Sovereignty and Strife Giovanni Giorgini (bio) Sovereignty is the power of command in the last instance, the power to make the ultimate decision. It may include different prerogatives in different political orders, but it has the intrinsic characteristic of being ultimate, the final decision; this means that no one has the right to oppose or overturn the sovereign’s decision. This notion is well rendered by a famous remark made by Justice Robert …
Brill's Companion to the Reception of Athenian Democracy
The Roots of Respect
Despite the increasing concern for the issue of respect for persons displayed over the last decades by political philosophers, human-right thinkers, social and ethical theorists, a comprehensive treatment of the problem at stake from a historical-philosophical perspective is conspicuously absent. The present collection of essays aims to contribute to the fulfillment of this gap by offering a reconstruction of the seminal passages in the history o…
The Roots of Respect
Despite the increasing concern for the issue of respect for persons displayed over the last decades by political philosophers, human-right thinkers, social and ethical theorists, a comprehensive treatment of the problem from a historical-philosophical perspective is conspicuously absent. The present collection of essays aims to contribute to the fulfillment of this gap by offering a reconstruction of the seminal passages in the history of philoso…
The Birth of Politics
Reviewed by: The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter by Melissa Lane Giovanni Giorgini Melissa Lane. The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2015. Pp. x, 382. $26.95. ISBN 978–0-691–16647–6. Melissa Lane’s examination of the origin of what we are accustomed to call “politics” in the West has many merits that can har…
Five Hundred Years of Italian Scholarship on Machiavelli's Prince
Machiavelli's Prince circulated widely in manuscript form in Italy way before its publication in 1532. Its reception was mixed from the start: some readers found in it a frank, sometimes ironic, description for the benefit of the people of the evil means used by bad rulers; others read in it evil recommendations to tyrants to help them maintain their power. The history of the reception of the Prince in Italy discloses a book with many facets: the…
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Five Hundred Years of Italian Scholarship on Machiavelli's Prince
Machiavelli's Prince circulated widely in manuscript form in Italy way before its publication in 1532. Its reception was mixed from the start: some readers found in it a frank, sometimes ironic, description for the benefit of the people of the evil means used by bad rulers; others read in it evil recommendations to tyrants to help them maintain their power. The history of the reception of the Prince in Italy discloses a book with many facets: the…
The Birth of Politics
Reviewed by: The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter by Melissa Lane Giovanni Giorgini Melissa Lane. The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2015. Pp. x, 382. $26.95. ISBN 978–0-691–16647–6. Melissa Lane’s examination of the origin of what we are accustomed to call “politics” in the West has many merits that can har…
The Roots of Respect
Despite the increasing concern for the issue of respect for persons displayed over the last decades by political philosophers, human-right thinkers, social and ethical theorists, a comprehensive treatment of the problem at stake from a historical-philosophical perspective is conspicuously absent. The present collection of essays aims to contribute to the fulfillment of this gap by offering a reconstruction of the seminal passages in the history o…
The Roots of Respect
Despite the increasing concern for the issue of respect for persons displayed over the last decades by political philosophers, human-right thinkers, social and ethical theorists, a comprehensive treatment of the problem from a historical-philosophical perspective is conspicuously absent. The present collection of essays aims to contribute to the fulfillment of this gap by offering a reconstruction of the seminal passages in the history of philoso…
Brill's Companion to the Reception of Athenian Democracy
Sovereignty and Strife
Sovereignty and Strife Giovanni Giorgini (bio) Sovereignty is the power of command in the last instance, the power to make the ultimate decision. It may include different prerogatives in different political orders, but it has the intrinsic characteristic of being ultimate, the final decision; this means that no one has the right to oppose or overturn the sovereign’s decision. This notion is well rendered by a famous remark made by Justice Robert …
Machiavellian Variations, or When Moral Convictions and Political Duties Collide
Commenting on Michael Walzer’s essay, the author adopts a perspective that traces back to Machiavelli. In this view, ‘dirty hands’ is a true problem faced by politicians, not a philosophical fiction or a moral quandary resulting from wrong reasoning. ‘Dirty hands’ results from the collision of two spheres of human action -morality and politics- which entail different duties; it concerns actions which have extremely serious public consequences and…
The Cosmopolitanism of the Early Sophists
An investigation of the emergence of the notion of ‘Cosmopolitanism’ in 5th century Greece. The author focusses on the early sophists, and specifically on Antiphon and Hippias
Machiavelli on the Role of Laws and Exemplary Men in Times of Crisis
In this essay, I investigate the notion of exemplarity in Machiavelli’s political thought, namely the importance of examples given by pre-eminent citizens in times of crisis, when the laws are unable to restrain the conflict between factions in a political community. There is no contradiction between considering essential both the laws, an objective instrument created by the common will of the citizens, which rules and protects them, and the exce…
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