The Machiavellian Legacy: Essays in Italian Political Thought
Author:   J. Femia
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9780333689370


Pages:   169
Publication Date:   19 October 1998
Format:   Hardback
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The Machiavellian Legacy: Essays in Italian Political Thought


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What do classical elitists like Pareto and Mosca have in common with Marxists like Labriola and Gramsci? In this collection of essays, Joseph Femia argues that all four thinkers are united by the 'worldly humanism' they inherited from Machiavelli. Their distinctively Italian hostility to the metaphysical abstractions of natural law and Christian theology accounted for similarities in their thought that are obscured by the familiar terminology of 'left' and 'right'. The collection includes critical essays on each of the four thinkers, as well as an introductory chapter on their links with Machiavelli.

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Author:   J. Femia
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.307kg
ISBN:  

9780333689370


ISBN 10:   0333689372
Pages:   169
Publication Date:   19 October 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements The Machiavellian Legacy Antonio Labriola: a Forgotten Marxist Thinker Gramsci's Patrimony Mosca Revisited Pareto's Concept of Demagogic Plutocracy Index

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'...senstive, scholarly and thought provoking.' - Richard Bellamy, Political Studies


Author Information

JOSEPH V. FEMIA is Reader in Political Theory at the University of Liverpool.

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