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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"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.
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Machiavelli, Niccolò,1469-1527.
Machiavelli, Niccolò,1469-1527.
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Machiavelli, Niccolò,1469-1527-- Political and social views.