01585cam a2200265Ii 4500 on1050721955 OCoLC ta 181018s2018 nju b 001 0 eng d 9780691183503 (hbk.) 0691183503 (hbk.) (OCoLC)1050721955 JC143.M4 M373 2018 McCormick, John P., 1966- Reading Machiavelli : scandalous books, suspect engagements, and the virtue of populist politics / John P. McCormick. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, c2018. xi, 271 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction. Vulgarity and virtuosity: Machiavelli's elusive "effectual truth" -- Part I. The passion of Duke Valentino: Cesare Borgia, biblical allegory, and The Prince -- "Keep the public rich and the citizens poor": Economic inequality and political corruption in the Discourses -- On the myth of a conservative turn in the Florentine histories -- Part II. Rousseau's repudiation of Machiavelli's democratic roman republic -- Leo Strauss's Machiavelli and the querelle between the few and the many -- The Cambridge school's "Guicciardinian moments" revisited -- Summation. Scandalous writings, dubious readings, and the virtues of popular empowerment -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index. Machiavelli, Niccolo, 1469-1527 Criticism and interpretation. Populism History To 1500. Populism History 16th century. Philosophy. lcc BK 0 0 0 0 PNLIB PNLIB GEN 2021-06-17 JC143.M4 M373 2018 PNLIB21060354 2021-06-17 2021-06-17 BK 540 540