Machiavelli’s il Principe and the Politics of Glory

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ID6260076
AutoresDavid Owens (0000-0002-5080-2736)
Ano2017
Volume16
Fascículo1
Páginas41-60
Data de publicação2017-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEuropean Journal of Political Theory (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1474-8851 • E-ISSN: 1741-2730
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1474885114567346
OpenAlexW3125048616
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas18

This article offers a reading of Machiavelli’s il Principe and its relationship to his Discorsi which defends, first, the coherence of Machiavelli’s appeal to the figure of the one-man ordinatore and, second, a republican interpretation of il Principe. Its particular focus is on the pivotal role played in Machiavelli’s text-act by ‘love of worldly glory’. It is argued, first, that it is through love of glory that Machiavelli can coherently aim to produce an effective one-man ordinatore and, second, that the political education that il Principe provides to this figure leads them ineluctably to the conclusion that lasting glory can only be achieved through the foundation of a republic

Appeal · Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy · Glory · Interpretation (philosophy · Physics · Political science · Politics · Law · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought