01706cam a2200277Ii 4500001001300000003000600013007000300019008004100022020002500063020002200088035002200110050002400132100003100156245012400187260006700311300001500378504005100393505069700444600006801141650003201209650003701241650001601278942001201294952010901306999001301415on1050721955OCoLCta181018s2018    nju      b    001 0 eng d  a9780691183503 (hbk.)  a0691183503 (hbk.)  a(OCoLC)1050721955  aJC143.M4bM373 20181 aMcCormick, John P.,d1966-10aReading Machiavelli :bscandalous books, suspect engagements, and the virtue of populist politics /cJohn P. McCormick.  aPrinceton, New Jersey : bPrinceton University Press, cc2018.  axi, 271 p.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction. 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.14aMachiavelli, Niccolo,d1469-1527xCriticism and interpretation. 4aPopulismxHistoryyTo 1500. 4aPopulismxHistoryy16th century. 4aPhilosophy.  2lcccBK  00104070aPNLIBbPNLIBcGENd2021-06-17oJC143.M4 M373 2018pPNLIB21060354r2021-06-17w2021-06-17yBK  c540d540