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Machiavelli has been viewed as the forerunner of the humanists of our day, liberals and socialists, who have discovered that moral ends sometimes require immoral means. Against this interpretation, Mark Hulliung argues that Machiavelliâs âhumanism,â was rooted in classical notions of grandeur and greatness, and that his prime reason for admiring the ancient Roman republic was that it conquered the world. In short, Machiavelli was at his most Machiavellian precisely when he voiced his âcivic humanism.â
Hulliung argues that Machiavelliâs embrace of fraud and violence cannot be justified by patriotism or a professed concern with the common good. He indicts Machiavelliâs use and abuse of history in the service of his cynical agendaâthe quest for power. Hulliung sees Machiavelli as a republican imperialist, embracing the heroic pagan virtues and consciously subverting the humanistic tradition of Cicero, and the religious morality of Christianity, with an intentionally skewed interpretation of republican Rome.
By inverting the Stoical and Christian elements of the classics, Machiavelli made the humanistic tradition give birth to Machiavellism, its terrible child. Hulliungâs thesis is convincing, and his book is a valuable contribution to the debate on Machiavellian thought.
About: Hulliung's Citizen Machiavelli argues that Machiavelli's embrace of fraud and violence cannot take cover behind Italian patriotism or a concern with the common good--and that Machiavelli uses and abuses history in the service of his mythical intent He is a republican imperialist, embracing the heroic pagan virtues and consciously subverting the humanistic tradition of Cicero and the religious morality of Christianity by an intentionally skewed interpretation of republican Rome.
About: Machiavelli has been viewed as the forerunner of the humanists of our day, liberals and socialists, who have discovered that moral ends sometimes require immoral means.
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