Machiavelli’s Gaze
Thinking Social Sciences in the Sixteenth Century
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Beschreibung
This book examines Machiavelli in contemporary or past realities through the way in which he read, wrote, related to cultures distant in time and space—a first in the field of Machiavellian studies. It proposes and experiments with a change of perspective: in essence, it is not interested in what Machiavelli probably was, but in what Machiavelli did. In this perspective, Machiavelli remains a paradoxically still little-explored historical case. Issues and methods developed in recent decades by intellectual history, the history of reading, and cultural anthropology have remained substantially unfamiliar to Machiavelli scholars. This is a book that renews the vision of Machiavelli: no longer the starting or finishing point of intellectual genealogies that are often openly ideological, but an extraordinary case study that allows us to analyse the birth, in the sixteenth century, of a composite knowledge specifically dedicated to man in society.
Sandro Landi is a historian specializing in early modern Italian political culture, with a focus on censorship, public opinion, and political discourse. In the last years, he has reexamined Machiavelli’s work from a historical perspective, and his book on Machiavelli has been translated into several languages. His current research explores the archaeology of populism.
This book examines Machiavelli in contemporary or past realities through the way in which he read, wrote, related to cultures distant in time and space—a first in the field of Machiavellian studies. It proposes and experiments with a change of perspective: in essence, it is not interested in what Machiavelli probably was, but in what Machiavelli did. In this perspective, Machiavelli remains a paradoxically still little-explored historical case. Issues and methods developed in recent decades by intellectual history, the history of reading, and cultural anthropology have remained substantially unfamiliar to Machiavelli scholars. This is a book that renews the vision of Machiavelli: no longer the starting or finishing point of intellectual genealogies that are often openly ideological, but an extraordinary case study that allows us to analyse the birth, in the sixteenth century, of a composite knowledge specifically dedicated to man in society.
Examines Machiavelli through the way in which he related to cultures distant in time and space Offers a novel approach to Machiavellian studies Focuses on Machiavelli's way of identifying, constructing, and modifying objects of research over time
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Sandro Landi
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Machiavelli identity Intellectual history History of Florence History of reading and writing Public opinion of Machiavelli Populism of Machiavelli Machiavellian libertine Machiavelli political Machiavelli religious identity