Machiavelli and the Politics of Democratic Innovation - 9781487503932

Machiavelli and the Politics of Democratic InnovationAuthor(s): Christopher Holman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487503932, 978-1487503932\nSynopsis\nPresenting a detailed reinterpretation and reconstruction of the political thought of Niccol Machiavelli, Machiavelli and the Politics of Democratic Innovation uses original readings of Machiavellis texts to develop a new theoretical model of democratic practice. The book critically and creatively juxtaposes certain concepts drawn from Machiavellis work in order to produce new political insights.\n\n Christopher Holman identifies two unique ideas in Machiavelli through his rearrangement of Machiavellian concepts. The first, drawn primarily from The Prince, is an image of the individual human being as a creative subject that seeks the exteriorization of desire via political creation. The second, drawn primarily from The Discourses on Livy, is an image.