Delivery included to the United States

Machiavelli in the Making

Machiavelli in the Making - Northwestern University Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy

Hardback (30 Mar 2012)

Not available for sale

Out of stock

This service is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Other formats & editions

New
Paperback (30 Mar 2012) $37.37

Publisher's Synopsis

Machiavelli in the Making is both a novel interpretation of the Florentine's work and a critical document for understanding influential French scholar and public intellectual Claude Lefort's later writings on democracy and totalitarianism. Lefort extricates Machiavelli's thought from the dominant interpretations of him as the founder of "objective" political science, which, having liberated itself from the religious and moralizing tendencies of medieval political reflection, attempts to arrive at a realistic discourse on the operations of raw power. Lefort ultimately finds that Machiavelli's discourse opens the "place of the political" which had previously been occupied by theology and morality.

About the Publisher

Northwestern University Press

Northwestern University Press is dedicated to publishing works of enduring scholarly and cultural value, extending the university's mission to a community of readers throughout the world.

Book information

ISBN: 9780810124370
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Imprint: Northwestern University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 320.01
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 526
Weight: 850g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 36mm