TY  - BOOK
AU  - McCormick,John P.
TI  - Reading Machiavelli: scandalous books, suspect engagements, and the virtue of populist politics 
SN  - 9780691183503 (hbk.)
AV  - JC143.M4 M373 2018
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Princeton, New Jersey : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Machiavelli, Niccolo,
KW  - Populism
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - 16th century
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - 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
ER  -