{"product_id":"9780792365334","title":"Topoi Library","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTopoi Library\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eVatter, M.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore Machiavelli, political freedom was approached as a  problem of the best distribution of the functions of ruler and ruled.  Machiavelli changed the terms of freedom, requiring that its discourse  address the demand for no-rule or non-domination. Political freedom  would then develop only through a strategy of antagonism to every form  of legitimate domination. This leads to the emergence of modern  political life: any institution that wishes to rule legitimately must  simultaneously be inscribed with its immanent critique and imminent  subversion. For Machiavelli, the possibility of instituting the  political form is conditioned by the possibility of changing it in an  event of political revolution. \u003cbr\u003e  This book shows Machiavelli as a philosopher of the modern condition.  For him, politics exists in the absence of those absolute moral  standards that are called upon to legitimate the domination of man  over man. If this understanding lies open to relativism and  historicism, it does so in order to render effective the project of  reinventing the sense of human freedom. Machiavelli's legacy to  modernity is the recognition of an irreconcilable tension between the  demands of freedom and the imperatives of morality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2000-11-30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792365334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-015-9337-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 234cm x156cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 355\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46311649181836,"sku":"9780792365334","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792365334.jpg?v=1771509664","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780792365334","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}