A grand ideological synthesis cesare vasoli university of florence it is not easy to talk in a coherent manner about this booka book so dense, so complex, so rich in analyses of so many texts and in references to so many writers. A scholar of the history of british political discourse, j. Forged from a partnership between a university press and a library, project muse is a trusted part of the academic and scholarly community it serves. After examining this problem in the thought of machiavelli, guicciardini, and giannotti, pocock turns to the revival of republican thought in puritan england and in revolutionary and federalist america. A reconsideration of pocock s machiavellian moment. The machiavellian moment florentine political thought and. Machiavelli famously came down on the side of freedom even at the cost of damnation. Pocock suggests that machiavellis prime emphasis was on the moment in which the republic confronts the problem of its own. Florentine political thought and the atlantic republican tradition by. Pocock suggests that machiavelli s prime emphasis was on the moment in which the republic confronts the problem of its own instability in time, and which he calls the. The books range is so wide and the number of debates it sparked in different disciplines so numerous that, as philip. Florentine political thought and the atlantic republican tradition. The machiavellian moment ebook by john greville agard pocock.
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Published in 1975, the machiavellian moment stands a little short of a. Florentine political thought and the atlantic republican tradition 1975. The machiavellian moment described by pocock is one of tremendous moral ambivalence, pitting the virtues required by a republic of free men to survive in time against the moral commandments every christian soul must heed to endure in eternity. Originally published in 1975, the machiavellian moment remains a landmark of historical and political thought. Jun 12, 2019 project muse the machiavellian moment. It posits a connection between republican thought in early 16th century florence, englishcivil war britain, and the american revolution. As the author makes clear from the very beginning, it. When asked about a classic work of history that had influenced me and deserved our continuing attention, i knew at once my reply was j. Rodney dodsworth august 31, 2016 august 31, 2016 comments off on article v and the machiavellian moment through a series of lessons arranged in three books, the thrust of niccolo machiavelli s discourses on livy deals with how nations in general, and republics in particular, can design, keep, and if necessary, restore free government. Pocock and the history of british political thought. Pocock s dual existence as a maker of paradigms who, at the same time, questions. It posits a connection between republican thought in early 16th century florence, englishcivil war britain, and the american revolution a machiavellian moment is that moment when a new republic first confronts the problem of maintaining the stability of its ideals and institutions.
John adams was unique among the founding fathers in that he actually read and took seriously machiavellis ideas. Pocock suggests that machiavellis prime emphasis was on the moment in which the republic confronts the problem of its own instability in time, and which he calls the machiavellian moment. The machiavellian moment comes when the founders of a state realize that virtue can be dependent upon contingency at some point in the life of every government, and that the res public is the best method known to humans to manage both to the benefit of the citizensbody politic. The machiavellian moment is a phrase to be interpreted in two ways. A reconsideration of pococks treatment of the discourses. The machiavellian moment is a classic study of the consequences for modern historical and social consciousness of the ideal of the classical republic revived by machiavelli and other thinkers of renaissance italy.
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