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Machiavelli in the Spanish-Speaking Atlantic World, 1880-1940 - (Edinburgh Studies in Comparative Political Theory and Intellectual History)
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Highlights
- Combining historiography and political theory, this book compares different strands of Machiavelli's reception in South and North America, and between Hispanic America and Spain.
- About the Author: Leandro Losada is Researcher of the State Council for Research of Argentina (CONICET) and Director of the Institute for Political Research (CONICET-UNSAM).
- 272 Pages
- History, Latin America
- Series Name: Edinburgh Studies in Comparative Political Theory and Intellectual History
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About the Book
Explores the reception of Machiavelli's works in modern Latin America and Spanish-speaking political thought between 1880 and 1940
Book Synopsis
Combining historiography and political theory, this book compares different strands of Machiavelli's reception in South and North America, and between Hispanic America and Spain. It provides new insight into Machiavelli's writings and how they have been read in different contexts. The book analyses these readings focusing on some specific themes including: the relationship between politics and morals; the links between political power and freedom; debates about political realism; reflections on liberalism and republicanism; and conceptions of time and history. The book argues that Machiavelli had a significant impact on both liberal and anti-liberal authors from Argentina and Spain. For liberals, he represented a synonym of tyranny but also, in opposite way, he had offered a synthesis between republicanism and liberalism. For anti-liberals, he was associated with Modernity and liberalism.
Review Quotes
This brilliant book restores the influence Machiavelli had on the modern Spanish-speaking Atlantic world. Avoiding cliché, this book reveals the debts of Liberals, Catholics and Republicans to the notions conceived from the radical autonomy of the political. By both revisiting old and posing new questions, Losada offers renewed answers, and forces us to think again about the Hispanic world's reading of Machiavelli.
-- "Ángel Duarte, Universidad de Córdoba"About the Author
Leandro Losada is Researcher of the State Council for Research of Argentina (CONICET) and Director of the Institute for Political Research (CONICET-UNSAM). He is also a former Wallace Fellow at the Harvard University Centre for Italian Renaissance Studies. He is the author of Maquiavelo en la Argentina. Usos y lecturas, 1830-1940 [Machiavelli in Argentina. Uses and readings, 1830-1940]. Katz Editores, Buenos Aires, 2019, Política y vida pública. Argentina, 1930-1943, /i> [Politics and public life. Argentina, 1930-1943]. Imago Mundi, Buenos Aires, 2017 and Marcelo T. de Alvear. Revolucionario, presidente y líder republicano [Marcelo T. de Alvear. Revolutionary, president and republican leader]. Edhasa, Buenos Aires, 2016. This will be his first English-language monograph.