The Virtues of Republican Citizenship in Machiavelli’s<i>Discourses on Livy</i>

Clarke, Michelle T.

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“…En varios pasajes de sus obras, sobre todo en los Discursos, Maquiavelo se refiere al acierto en el diseño de las instituciones del Estado romano, un diseño que le permitía gozar de cierta estabilidad y de acumular el potencial necesario para su expansión territorial. Sin embargo, en los Discursos se aprecia también la elevada consideración que le merecían las virtudes cívicas de los romanos, las cuales evidentemente eran un producto de la acción del Estado en los individuos, de su acción deliberada para crear ciudadanía (Baron, 1993: 86;Clarke, 2013;Jurdjevic, 2007). Bien público sobre el bien privado Uno de los rasgos más relevantes de la concepción de la ciudadanía de Maquiavelo era que el bien público debía tener prioridad ante el bien privado.…”

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Ciudadanía antigua y moderna: Tito Livio y Maquiavelo

Garcia Jurado

2023

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El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar el concepto de ciudadanía en Nicolás Maquiavelo, particularmente la influencia de las instituciones y prácticas de la antigua Roma en su conceptualización, fundamentalmente las que se perciben en el recuento histórico de parte de Tito Livio en su texto Ab urbe condita. Para ello, se hace una integración del concepto de ciudadanía de los diversos escritos políticos de Maquiavelo, especialmente de los Discursos sobre la primera década de Tito Livio, a partir del cual se identifican los rasgos teóricos más sobresalientes y se comparan con los pasajes o elementos específicos de la narración histórica de Tito Livio que pudieron servir de base o antecedente. Todo esto con el fin de contribuir al análisis del concepto de ciudadanía en las repúblicas y democracias modernas. Para ello, se hace un análisis e integración del concepto de ciudadanía que se puede extraer de los diversos escritos políticos de Maquiavelo, especialmente de los Discursos sobre la primera década de Tito Livio, a partir del cual se identifican los rasgos teóricos más sobresalientes del concepto y se comparan con los pasajes o elementos específicos de la narración histórica de Tito Livio que pudieron servir de base o antecedente. Todo ello con el fin de contribuir al análisis y comprensión del concepto de ciudadanía en las repúblicas y democracias modernas.

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Ciudadanía antigua y moderna: Tito Livio y Maquiavelo

Garcia Jurado

2023

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“…This challenge is at times extended to Classical political precepts as well. While Discourses models itself on Livy and upholds the political morality of republican Rome as worthy of emulation (Berlin, 1971;McCormick, 2018;Pocock, 2003) it still critiques some aspects of Roman 'virtùs' which led to the corruption and downfall of the Roman republic (Clarke, 2013); The Prince, easily the more controversial text of the two, challenges, not just Christian morality but whatever was deemed "conventionally virtuous" in the sixteenth century (Skinner, 1978), that is, received images of Classical virtue. Machiavelli coins the radically new idea of virtu distinct from received Classical and Christian notions of virtue.…”

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“…In this research, we examine the received image of Machiavelli's thought, and posit that Machiavelli's works consist of ideas that may appear contradictory, which, coupled with historically decontextualized readings often lead to a narrow interpretation. These decontextualized presuppositions that have gained currency in the field of management and organization studies, require urgent meta-theoretical inquiry and questioning, and a simultaneous problematization (Alvesson & Sandberg, 2011, 2013 of the existing reception of Machiavelli's works. Specifically, we point out through a detailed analysis of Machiavelli's texts that the existing ethical frameworks used to interpret his works do not provide a comprehensive appraisal of the political philosopher's worldview, which offer complex insights into ideas of leadership (Viroli, 2008).…”

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Revisiting the Received Image of Machiavelli in Business Ethics Through a Close Reading of The Prince and Discourses

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In business ethics literature, the figure of Machiavelli is often taken as a representation of that which is dark, sinister and negative—a source of inspiration for undesirable and unethical actions. In this research, we examine the evaluation of Niccolò Machiavelli’s thought in extant studies, and posit that Machiavelli’s works consist of ideas that may appear contradictory, which, coupled with historically contextualized close reading of his texts have more to offer. In this theoretical investigation, we construct new conceptual categories of a leader’s decision-making rubric and attempt to provide a structured framework that will allow us to specify the boundary conditions under which the apparent contrary views may be accommodated, by undertaking a close reading of Machiavelli’s texts. Our work contributes to business ethics literature in at least three ways. First, we present a holistic assessment of the research area that applies the tenets of Machiavelli’s writings to business ethics, management, and organizational studies, and delineate the dominant themes. We outline and substantiate the informal research networks, thought structures, and “invisible colleges” that form the intellectual framework of this research area through a bibliometric analysis and literature review. Second, we present a contextualized close reading of Machiavelli’s major treatises. Third, we reimagine the critical landscape of business ethics literature, specifically pertaining to Machiavelli’s oeuvre by shifting the single-minded focus from The Prince, by including The Discourses, which, as we show, has new and unprecedented implications for business ethics. In light of this, the parameters for ethical action by business leaders can be redrawn according to a Machiavellian schema. This marks a radical departure from the long-standing association between Machiavelli’s tenets and the absence of ethics, instead proposing a more positive and affirmative relationship between Machiavelli and business ethics. Specifically, while pointing out that the existing ethical frameworks foisted on Machiavelli’s texts do not do justice to the political philosopher’s worldview, which are complex insights into ideas of leadership, we urge researchers to incorporate the thoughts offered in this research in future investigations.

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“…Writers like Bruni lauded the “dutiful and subservient citizen” who remained a respectful distance from those who exercised real power (Najemy, 2000: 92). The virtues of loyalty, deference, personal worthiness, and acquiescence in patrician leadership were praised as the true civic virtues (see also Benner, 2009; Clarke, 2013). 15 By defining virtue in these terms, the humanists helped weaken the already fragile political identity and self-conception of the popolo .…”

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“…Harvey Mansfield (1996), for example, ascribes Florentine sectarianism to the temporal and ideological influence of the Church in modern Italy. 6 Others trace the origins of Florentine corruption to the defeat of the Florentine nobility at the beginning of the 14th century and to the political machinations of the new merchant elite that took their place (Bagge, 2007;Benner 2009;Black, 2005;Clarke, 2013;Najemy, 1982). Taking a somewhat different approach, Mark Jurdjevic (2014) attributes Machiavelli's apparent disillusionment with Florence in the Histories to his recognition of the Florentine people's uniquely modern ambition to rule (a desire not shared by their Roman plebian counterparts).…”

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The power of “wealth, nobility and men:” Inequality and corruption in Machiavelli’s Florentine Histories

Maher

2017

European Journal of Political Theory

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This article draws a connection between socio-economic inequality and political corruption based on a reading of Machiavelli’s Florentine Histories. Prevailing interpretations of the Histories attribute the moral corruption and civil conflict Machiavelli condemns as the source of Florence’s republican failure to the unique historical conditions of early-modern Florence. In this article, I trace Florentine corruption and factionalism to the perennial problem of inequality. Through his narration of the two centuries of Florentine history leading up to Cosimo de Medici’s ascent to first citizen, I contend, Machiavelli demonstrates the deleterious effect of inequality on the social relations, organizational forms, and modes of collective action in Florence. At the same time, his depiction of Florence’s transformation from a quasi-feudal commune dominated by a nobility with private armies to a modern commercial city ruled through patronage illustrates the contingent modality of inequality and the particularly subversive way it can manifest in the more civil republics of the modern era.

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The Virtues of Republican Citizenship in Machiavelli’sDiscourses on Livy

Cited by 20 publications

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Ciudadanía antigua y moderna: Tito Livio y Maquiavelo

Ciudadanía antigua y moderna: Tito Livio y Maquiavelo

Revisiting the Received Image of Machiavelli in Business Ethics Through a Close Reading of The Prince and Discourses

The power of “wealth, nobility and men:” Inequality and corruption in Machiavelli’s Florentine Histories

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