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OverviewPresenting a detailed reinterpretation and reconstruction of the political thought of Niccol Machiavelli, Machiavelli and the Politics of Democratic Innovation uses original readings of Machiavelli's texts to develop a new theoretical model of democratic practice. The book critically and creatively juxtaposes certain concepts drawn from Machiavelli's work in order to produce new political insights. Christopher Holman identifies two unique ideas in Machiavelli through his rearrangement of Machiavellian concepts. The first, drawn primarily from The Prince, is an image of the individual human being as a creative subject that seeks the exteriorization of desire via political creation. The second, drawn primarily from The Discourses on Livy, is an image of the democratic republic as a form of regime in which this desire for creative self-expression is universalized, all citizens being able to affirm their psychic orientation toward innovation through their equal access to political institutions and orders. Such institutions and orders, to the extent that they function as media for the expression of a fundamental human creativity, must be arranged so that they are capable of continual interrogation and refinement. In the final instance, a new ethical ground for the normative defense of democratic life is constructed, one grounded in the orientation of individual beings toward novelty and innovation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Christopher HolmanPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.640kg ISBN: 9781487503932ISBN 10: 1487503938 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 26 July 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of Contents1. Machiavelli and the Constellative Mode of Historical Appropriation 2. The Contingency of Being: On Worldly and Human Indetermination 3. Politics and the Human Essence: The Prince as a Model of Human Subjectivity 4. Ambition and the People: The Popular Form of the Desire for Creation 5. Social Equality and the Contingent Being of the Great 6. Institutionalizing Ambitious Expression: The Republic as the Self-Overcoming RegimeReviews...Holman presents a new interpretation of Machiavelli as a 'method of thinking radical democracy.' -- Catherine H. Zuckert, University of Notre Dame * The Review of Politics, vol 81 * """…Holman presents a new interpretation of Machiavelli as a ‘method of thinking radical democracy.’"" -- Catherine H. Zuckert, University of Notre Dame * The Review of Politics, vol 81 *" Author InformationChristopher Holman is an assistant professor in the Public Policy and Global Affairs program at Nanyang Technological University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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