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Subject(s)

• Machiavelli, Niccolò 1469-1527—Contributions in political science [Browse]
• Machiavelli, Niccolò 1469-1527—Political and social views [Browse]
• Autonomy (Psychology) [Browse]
• Gender identity [Browse]
• Sex role [Browse]

Summary note

"Hanna Pitkin's study of Machiavelli was the first to place gender systematically at the center of its exploration of his political thought. Rife with contradictions, Machiavelli's writings have led commentators to characterize him as everything from a civic republican to a proto-fascist. Acknowledging these contradictions, Pitkin shows that they reflect three distinct ways of thinking about politics, each of which is tied to a different understanding of "manhood." In a new Afterword, Pitkin discusses the book's critical reception and situates its arguments in the context of recent interpretations of Machiavelli's thought."--Jacket.

Notes

Originally published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1984.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• pt. I. Introduction. 1. Autonomy
• Personal and Political
• pt. II. Manhood. 2. The Fox and the Forefathers. 3. The Founder. 4. The Citizen and His Rivals
• pt. III. Women. 5." ... Because of Women" 6. Fortune
• pt. IV. Families and Foundings. 7. Psychological Theory. 8. Sociological History. 9. Family Origins: Rome and "Beginnings" 10. Family Origins: Florence and the "Return to Beginnings"
• pt. V. Meditations on Machiavelli. 11. Action and Membership. 12. Judgment and Autonomy.

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ISBN

0226669920 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^99028728^

OCLC

41185124

RCP

H - S

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