On Niccolò Machiavelli: the bonds of politics
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Among the theses that for centuries have ensured Niccolò Machiavelli an ambiguous fame, a special place goes to his extremely positive opinion of social conflicts, and, more in particular, to the claim that in ancient Rome 'the disunion between the plebs and the Roman senate made that republic free and powerful' (Discourses on Livy I.4). Contrary to a long tradition that had always highly valued civic concord, Machiavelli thought that - at least under certain conditions - internecine discord could be a source of strength and not of weakness, and built upon this daring proposition an original vision of political order. Machiavelli in Tumult (originally published in Italian in 2011) is the first book-length study entirely devoted to analyzing this idea, its ancient roots (never before identified), its enduring (but often invisible) influence up until the American and the French Revolution (and beyond), and its relevance for contemporary political theory
In: Biblioteca del Cinquecento 151
In: The Good Society: a PEGS journal, Band 31, Heft 1-2, S. 168-183
ISSN: 1538-9731
In: La Pensée, Band 406, Heft 2, S. 59-69
Longtemps négligée par la critique, la réflexion de Machiavel sur les conflits sociaux est devenue centrale dans les études récentes. Toutefois, la plupart des lectures actuelles ont tendance à surimposer à son appréciation des tumultes plébéiens des catégories étrangères à la pensée politique de la Renaissance. Au contraire, les Discours n'ont qu'à gagner à une interprétation historicisante du problème.
In: Historical materialism: research in critical marxist theory, Band 29, Heft 1, S. 198-210
ISSN: 1569-206X
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While being an important tile of Jameson's whole theoretical project, Allegory and Ideology leaves some key questions not fully answered. Briefly put, these questions concern the meanings and limits of allegory; the unstable relationship between allegory and allegoresis in the Western cultural tradition; and the special place allegory plays or could play in postmodern culture. Solving these problems – in the footsteps of Jameson's magisterial inquiry – will be crucial especially for Marxist critics.
In: Laboratoire italien, Heft 7, S. 253-256
ISSN: 2117-4970
In: Laboratoire italien, Heft 6, S. 173-178
ISSN: 2117-4970
In: The Radical Machiavelli, S. 81-102
In: Biblioteca