Machiavelli and the Modern State: The Prince, the Discourses on Livy, and the Ex

Description: Machiavelli and the Modern State by Alissa M. Ardito This work argues that Machiavelli had his own Madisonian impulse and deserves to be recognized as the first modern political theorist to envision the possibility of a republic with a large population extending over a broad territory. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book offers a significant reinterpretation of the history of republican political thought and of Niccolò Machiavellis place within it. It locates Machiavellis political thought within enduring debates about the proper size of republics. From the sixteenth century onward, as states grew larger, it was believed only monarchies could govern large territories effectively. Republicanism was a form of government relegated to urban city-states, anachronisms in the new age of the territorial state. For centuries, history and theory were in agreement: constructing an extended republic was as futile as trying to square the circle; but then James Madison devised a compound representative republic that enabled popular government to take on renewed life in the modern era. This work argues that Machiavelli had his own Madisonian impulse and deserves to be recognized as the first modern political theorist to envision the possibility of a republic with a large population extending over a broad territory. Author Biography Alissa M. Ardito is a lecturer and visiting fellow in the Department of Political Science at Yale University. She holds a PhD from Yale University and a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. She has previously served as a visiting professor in the Department of Political Science at Duke University and has been a visiting scholar at the American Academy in Rome and fellow at Monticellos International Center for Jefferson Studies. Table of Contents Introduction; 1. The Prince; 2. The spaces of fortune; 3. Necessity: the survival of the republic; 4. Early modern and eighteenth-century transitions – from principality to republic and from colonies to extended republic; 5. Envisioning an extended republic; Epilogue. Review This book makes a significant and fundamental contribution to the vast Machiavelli literature. It makes a very strong case against the idea that Machiavellis Prince stands opposed to his Discourses on Livy. While not the first time such an argument has been advanced, it makes it in a far more nuanced and sophisticated manner than the fundamental intellectual unity of Machiavellis political theory has been defended previously. This is a beautifully written, organized, and constructed book. I have rarely read a book on Machiavelli that I enjoyed more or learned more from. Peter Bondanella, Indiana University, BloomingtonThe main argument of Alissa Arditos provocative new book pivots on drawing striking comparisons between Machiavellis thinking and the concern that motivated the American founders - and especially James Madison - a quarter-millennium later. Plunging boldly into the rich complexity of Machiavellian scholarship, Ardito identifies a striking motif that scholarship has neglected: the way in which Machiavellis thinking marks an important contribution to the history of the formation of aggressive nation-states in the early modern era. Ardito makes a sophisticated contribution to the never-ending challenge of interpreting Machiavellis seminal ideas. Jack Rakove, Stanford University Promotional This book offers a significant reinterpretation of the history of republican political thought and of Niccolò Machiavellis place within it. Review Quote "This book makes a significant and fundamental contribution to the vast Machiavelli literature. It makes a very strong case against the idea that Machiavellis Prince stands opposed to his Discourses on Livy. While not the first time such an argument has been advanced, it makes it in a far more nuanced and sophisticated manner than the fundamental intellectual unity of Machiavellis political theory has been defended previously. This is a beautifully written, organized, and constructed book. I have rarely read a book on Machiavelli that I enjoyed more or learned more from." Peter Bondanella, Indiana University Bloomington Promotional "Headline" This book offers a significant reinterpretation of the history of republican political thought and of Niccol Description for Bookstore This work argues that Machiavelli had his own Madisonian impulse and deserves to be recognized as the first modern political theorist to envision the possibility of a republic with a large population extending over a broad territory. Description for Library This work argues that Machiavelli had his own Madisonian impulse and deserves to be recognized as the first modern political theorist to envision the possibility of a republic with a large population extending over a broad territory. Details ISBN1107693705 Author Alissa M. Ardito Short Title Machiavelli, Madison, and the Republican State Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 1107693705 ISBN-13 9781107693708 Format Paperback Subtitle The Prince, the Discourses on Livy, and the Extended Territorial Republic DEWEY 320.1 Pages 339 Year 2021 Publication Date 2021-02-11 UK Release Date 2021-02-11 Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2021-02-11 NZ Release Date 2021-02-11 Illustrations 2 Maps Alternative 9781107061033 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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