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Machiavelli, Leonardo, and the Science of Power: Frank M. Covey, Jr., Loyola Lectures in Political Analysis

Autor Roger D. Masters
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 iul 1996
In recent years, Niccolo Machiavelli's works have been viewed primarily with historical interest as analyses of the tactics used by immoral political officials. The author in this text, argues that Machiavelli should be reconsidered as a major philosopher whose thought makes the wisdom of antiquity accessible to the modern (and post-modern) condition, and whose understanding of human nature is superior to that of such moderns as Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx or Mill. Central to this claim is the author's discovery that Machiavelli knew and worked with Leonardo da Vinci between 1502-1507. After introducing historical evidence of the circumstances in which da Vinci and Machiavelli probably met, the author reinterprets "The Prince" in the light of what came to be modern science. He presents an account of Machiavelli's teaching as a scientific approach to human nature and politics. In this reading, the "lion, fox, and wolves" symbolise principles studied in contemporary biology, whereas the "dikes and dams" controlling the river of "fortune" describe Machiavelli's experience of diverting the Arno river, apparently aided by Leonardo's expertise, in hopes of winning a war with Pisa. Masters relates Machiaveli's views to the history of centralised governments, to models in rational choice or game theory, and to neo-Darwinian evolutionary theory. This approach shows how Machiavelli's view of leadership clarifies the role of television in industrialised societies and the profound transformations in contemporary politics.
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ISBN-13: 9780268014162
ISBN-10: 0268014167
Pagini: 406
Dimensiuni: 157 x 235 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.81 kg
Editura: University of Notre Dame Press
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“Roger Masters has aroused debate by arguing that Leonardo influenced Machiavelli’s thinking in a way that ultimately sparked the development of modern industrial society.” —The New York Times

“Roger Masters finds that the two men of genius collaborated on a Florentine project to divert the course of the river Arno and leave rival Pisa without water. Masters postulates, with good reason, that two such aggressively innovative thinkers must have exchanged more than their views on water channels, and suggests provocatively that Machiavelli’s notoriously objective analysis of power shows traces of Leonardo’s science.” —The New York Review of Books

“In this provocative interdisciplinary study, Masters offers a new interpretation of Machiavelli which helps us understand his ambiguous relation to modern political science.” —The Review of Politics

“Here is a book with which to plunge into a corner of the Renaissance while keeping that period's relevance to modern life and thought squarely at the center of attention. . . . This book is very much worth reading.”  —The Jerusalem Post

Roger D. Masters is Nelson A. Rockefeller Professorof Government, Emeritus, at Dartmouth College. He published 16 books and is the author of over 125 scholarly articles. His most recent books include The Neurotransmitter Revolution: Serotonin, Social Behavior and Law and Beyond Relativism: Science and Human Values.

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Arguing that Niccolo Machiavelli should be reconsidered as a major philosopher, this book includes an account of the relationship between Machiavelli and Leonardo da Vinci, their roles in the emergence of modernity, and the implications this holds for contemporary life and society.