Renaissance Civic Humanism: Reappraisals and Reflections

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Overview

Civic Humanism has been one of the most influential concepts in the history of ideas ever since the pioneering work of Hans Baron and J. G. A. Pocock. This book reassesses Renaissance republican thinkers in relation to the medieval and early modern traditions of political thought and proposes new understandings of the evolution of important republican concepts. The distinguished team of American and European political theorists and historians together contribute a distinctive and significant addition to the study of republican political ideology. Contributors: James Hankins, William J. Connell, James M. Blythe, John M. Najemy, Mikael Hornqvist, Alison Brown, Athanasios Moulakis, Harvey C. Mansfield, Cary J. Nederman, Paul A. Rahe.
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"...this is a superb and thought-provoking set of essays....this collection will be of interest to scholars in several fields..." American Historical Review

"Excellent collection of essays..." Canadian Journal of History

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780521548076
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publication date: 11/30/2003
  • Series: Ideas in Context Series , #57
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Pages: 314
  • Sales rank: 982,642
  • Product dimensions: 5.98 (w) x 9.02 (h) x 0.75 (d)

Table of Contents

List of contributors
Introduction 1
1 The republican idea 14
2 "Civic humanism" and medieval political thought 30
3 Civic humanism and Florentine politics 75
4 The two myths of civic humanism 105
5 Rhetoric, history, and ideology; the civic panegyrics of Leonardo Bruni 143
6 De-masking Renaissance republicanism 179
7 Civic humanism, realist constitutionalism, and Francesco Guicciardini's Discorso di Logrogno 200
8 Bruni and Machiavelli on civic humanism 223
9 Rhetoric, reason, and republic: republicanisms - ancient, medieval, and modern 247
10 Situating Machiavelli 270
Index of manuscripts and archival documents 309
General index 310
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