The Fortune of Machiavelli’s Unarmed Prophet
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10185587 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John T Scott (0000-0003-4260-0090, University of California, Davis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 615-629 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3816 • E-ISSN: 1468-2508 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/696992 |
| OpenAlex | W170418293 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
This article presents a comprehensive examination of the role of Savonarola in The Prince to show how Machiavelli draws on Savonarolan themes and language and adapts them for a new understanding of politics that weds a gimlet-eyed attention to the “effectual truth of the thing” and a prophetic call to action. I examine Machiavelli’s explicit and implicit treatments of Savonarola in The Prince and show how they tie together the most important themes of the work, including the difficulties in ordering a new state, the “sins” of Italy with regard to arms, the image of the river fortune, and his exhortation to liberate Italy. Notably, I suggest that Savonarola’s sermons are an important and hitherto unrecognized source for Machiavelli’s famous simile of fortune as a river
Action (physics · Algorithm · Art · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphor · Political science · Politics · Simile · State (computer science · Computer Science · History · Law · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
The Myth of the State
Thoughts on Machiavelli
Selected Writings of Girolamo Savonarola
Machiavelli and Empire
A Great and Wretched City
Machiavelli and Republicanism
Politics in Apocalyptic Times
Machiavelli's “new prince” and the Primordial Moment of Acquisition
Amazing Grace
Republicanism, Religion, and Machiavelli's Savonarolan Moment
Machiavelli's Moses and Renaissance Politics
Papirius and the Chickens, or Machiavelli on the Necessity of Interpreting Religion
Machiavelli's Unchristian Charity
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |