Machiavelli on the Primacy of the Political

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.31577/SPS.2025-2.1" target="_blank" >10.31577/SPS.2025-2.1</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Machiavelli on the Primacy of the Political

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This essay examines whether - or the extent to which - Machiavelli&apos;s presentation of theoretical questions is dependent on his practical goals in The Prince and the Discourses on Livy (e.g., gaining employment with Lorenzo de Medici with The Prince, or conversely, as Spinoza suggests, disillusioning the subjects of princes by instructing them about what they can expect from their princes in The Prince, while advising citizens of republics how best to order their regimes in the Discourses) or conversely, his practical goals are dependent on theoretical assumptions. The essay argues that Machiavelli&apos;s practical goals are ultimately in the service of his theoretical assumptions; on the one hand, Machiavelli assigns a primacy to the political, including many things, such as morality, religion, and even our collective shared humanity, to the sphere of the political, but on the other, he intends for his best readers to transcend the political through their philosophical insight into the primacy of the political. Paradoxically, one transcends the political only through insight into its primacy. This involves an ironic amoralism, which satirizes moralism but also the claim that one might transcend it altogether. Machiavelli&apos;s humour is rooted in this self-referential paradox.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Machiavelli on the Primacy of the Political

Popis výsledku anglicky

This essay examines whether - or the extent to which - Machiavelli&apos;s presentation of theoretical questions is dependent on his practical goals in The Prince and the Discourses on Livy (e.g., gaining employment with Lorenzo de Medici with The Prince, or conversely, as Spinoza suggests, disillusioning the subjects of princes by instructing them about what they can expect from their princes in The Prince, while advising citizens of republics how best to order their regimes in the Discourses) or conversely, his practical goals are dependent on theoretical assumptions. The essay argues that Machiavelli&apos;s practical goals are ultimately in the service of his theoretical assumptions; on the one hand, Machiavelli assigns a primacy to the political, including many things, such as morality, religion, and even our collective shared humanity, to the sphere of the political, but on the other, he intends for his best readers to transcend the political through their philosophical insight into the primacy of the political. Paradoxically, one transcends the political only through insight into its primacy. This involves an ironic amoralism, which satirizes moralism but also the claim that one might transcend it altogether. Machiavelli&apos;s humour is rooted in this self-referential paradox.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EH22_010%2F0008115" target="_blank" >EH22_010/0008115: MSCA Fellowships CZ - UK2</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Studia Politica Slovaca

ISSN

1337-8163

e-ISSN

2585-8459

Svazek periodika

18

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

SK - Slovenská republika

Počet stran výsledku

19

Strana od-do

6-24

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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