In this paper, i propose to examine the way in which claude lefort reads mach iavellis. This anthology of his most important work published over the last four decades makes his writing widely accessible to an englishspeaking audience for the first time. Claude lefort, the practice and thought of disincorporation. The french philosopher focuses on machiavellis reading of roman history, a strong critique of classical and christian traditions, and identifies conflict as the defining. Descargue como docx, pdf, txt o lea en linea desde scribd. Claude lefort, machiavelli in the making philpapers.
Descargue como pdf, txt o lea en linea desde scribd. Claude lefort, leo strauss, maquiavelo, modernidad, democracia. Claude lefort, pratica e pensamento da desincorporacao discurso. Conversacion con claude lefort, in claude lefort, maquiavelo. Northwestern university press 2011 abstract the question of the oeuvre the concept of machiavellianism reading the prince. Pdf in a brief introduction, i indicate the terms of lefort s thought on power and democracy, as well as the purpose of this essay. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Machiavelli in the making studies in phenomenology and. Lefort extricates machiavellis thought from the dominant interpretations of him as the founder of objective political science, which. With exceptional skill lefort combines the analysis of contemporary political events with a sensitivity to the history of political thought. Pdf claude lefort e linterpretazione di machiavelli. It might seem outlandish to examine the theoretical links between the work of claude lefort, a leftwing french student of democracy, and leo strauss, the radical critic of modern mass democracy, usually associated with conservativism in north american political thought. Machiavelli in the making northwestern university press. First signs the logic of force the social abyss and attachment to power good and evil, the stable and the unstable, the real and the imaginary the present and the possible reading the.
Claude lefort, one of the most prominent political philosophers of the twentieth century, reads dantes monarchia and demonstrates the surprising relevance of this radical fourteenthcentury treatise defending the necessity of a universal monarchy independent from the church. Comprar libro completo al mejor precio nuevo o segunda mano en casa del libro mexico. In particular, it notes how lefort assimilates from machiavelli a properly political conception of society, by identifying in the work of machiavelli a notion of symbolic dimension of power. This article points to the decisive influence of machiavellis work in building claude lefort s democratic theory. Following the footprints of leo strauss abstract it might seem outlandish to examine the theoretical links between the work of claude lefort, a leftwing french student of democracy, and leo strauss, the radical critic of. Download claude lefort is one of the leading social and political theorists in france today. Por fim, num terceiro movimento do texto, pretendo tecer breves criticas a. Machiavelli in the making is both a novel interpretation of the florentines work and a critical document for understanding influential french scholar and public intellectual claude leforts later writings on democracy and totalitarianism. He invites us to comprehend the democracy as a form of society that institute and is based on the distinction of the political, legal and epistemological levels. Conversacion con claude lefort, interview published in an appendix to the translation in spanish of his machiavelli, c.
He was politically active by 1942 under the influence of his tutor, the phenomenologist maurice merleauponty whose posthumous publications lefort later edited. Lefort extricates machiavellis thought from the dominant interpretations of him as the founder of objective political science, which, having. Thinker of the political, london, palgrave macmillan, 89106. Machiavelli in the making is both a novel interpretation of the florentines work and a critical document for understanding influential french scholar and public intellectual claude lefort s later writings on democracy and totalitarianism. Nicolas maquiavelo a zanobi buondelmonti y cosme hucellai salud. The essay reconstructs claude lefort s interpretation of machiavellis work. Divided into six parts, it starts by proposing a theory of interpretation and a study of the history of the reception of the florentine secretary at several moments of european history, and. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones.