The Machiavellian Moment by J.G.A. Pocock
Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition
A sweeping intellectual history of civic republican thought, this work traces how ideas forged in Renaissance Florence—centered on virtue, corruption, fortuna, and the fragility of free states—moved through early modern Europe to shape English opposition politics and the American founding. It explores the crisis moments when republics confront their mortality in time and the institutional, legal, and moral strategies developed to preserve liberty amid commerce, property, and historical change.
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- Published
- 1975
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 570-620
- Original Language
- English
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