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008			181018s2018 nju b 001 0 eng d
020			_a9780691183503 (hbk.)
020			_a0691183503 (hbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)1050721955
050			_aJC143.M4 _bM373 2018
100	1		_aMcCormick, John P., _d1966-
245	1	0	_aReading Machiavelli : _bscandalous books, suspect engagements, and the virtue of populist politics / _cJohn P. McCormick.
260			_aPrinceton, New Jersey : _bPrinceton University Press, _cc2018.
300			_axi, 271 p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	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.
600	1	4	_aMachiavelli, Niccolo, _d1469-1527 _xCriticism and interpretation.
650		4	_aPopulism _xHistory _yTo 1500.
650		4	_aPopulism _xHistory _y16th century.
650		4	_aPhilosophy.
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