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The significance of Machiavelli's political thinking for the development of modern republicanism is a matter of great controversy. In this volume, a distinguished team of political theorists and historians reassess the evidence, examining the character of Machiavelli's own republicanism and charting his influence on Marchamont Nedham, James Harrington, John Locke, Algernon Sidney, John Trenchard, Thomas Gordon, David Hume, the Baron de Montesquieu, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton. This work argues that while Machiavelli himself was not liberal, he did set the stage for the emergence of liberal republicanism in England. By the exponents of commercial society he provided the foundations for a moderation of commonwealth ideology and exercised considerable, if circumscribed, influence on the statesmen who founded the American Republic. Machiavelli's Liberal Republican Legacy will be of great interest to political theorists, early modern historians, and students of the American political tradition.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139780521851879
eBay Product ID (ePID)90716935
Product Key Features
Number of Pages390 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMachiavelli's Liberal Republican Legacy
Publication Year2005
TypeTextbook
AuthorPaul A. Rahe
Subject AreaPolitical Science
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height240 mm
Item Weight740 g
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EditorPaul A. Rahe
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom