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Machiavelli’s Lessons for Public Administration; Berry Tholen; Administrative Theory & Praxis; 2016; Volume 38; Issue 2; pp. 101–114

On issues concerning the basis and function of political science and public administration as a discipline, Max Weber provides answers that are puzzling when more closely examined. In this article, it is demonstrated that coherent answers to these issues can be found in the work of Niccolò Machiavelli. Moreover, Machiavelli’s perspective can solve the puzzle that Weber creates. This perspective explains, more explicitly and elaborately than Weber, how the practice and the study of public administration are to be distinguished, but, at the same time, are connected and similar. We conclude by showing the implications of Machiavelli’s approach for public administration education, research, and advice.

Machiavelli: His Influence on the Elizabethan Drama and Beyond; Nick Ceramella; Linguistics and Literature Review; 2019; Volume 5; Issue 2; pp. 107–125

During the Elizabethan Age, the Machiavellian character developed to become one of the key dramatic types: a rogue and a pitiless calculator. Edward Meyer, in his Machiavelli and the Elizabethan Drama, indicated that there were about 400 direct references to Machiavelli in the Elizabethan literature. A good example is Marlowe's The Jew Of Malta where he has Machiavel to open the play. To the Tudor imagination, Machiavelli was the symbol of corruption and decadence driven by an insatiable “appetite” for power. But I argue that it was not as simple as that. One has the impression they had hardly read him, or, in the best of cases, misunderstood him. Indeed, it was not until Bacon and Hobbes, whose political thought agreed with Machiavelli’s attack on religion, that some light was thrown on the founder of modern political science. Consequently, by the late eighteenth century, a more favourable judgement became popular. Then with the growth of romantic nationalism, they discovered that Machiavelli’ s The Prince was not a dangerous guide for political criminals, but an objective study of sixteenth century Italian politics by a patriot hoping to help his country to unite and become a strong presence in Europe. [...]

The Jew of Malta and the myth of the Machiavellian Knave; P. P. Grech; Journal of the Faculty of Arts; 1970; Volume 4; Issue 2; pp. 133–155

Several critics have commented on the prevailing influence of Machiavelli on the Elizabethan World. In 1927, for instance, Wyndham Lewis, affirmed that: 'Machiavelli was at the back of every Tudor mind,'l whilst H.S. Bennett maintained that, '... Machiavelli is so omnipresent and important a constituent of Elizabethan drama.' Very few scholars seek to minimize the influence of Machiavelli on the Elizabethan mind. E.M.W. Tillyard in 1948, however, argued that: ' ... his (Marlowe's) basic doctrines lie outside the main sixteenth century interests.' But this is not the only conflict. A subject of a prolonged controversy has been the introduction of the Machiavellian Legend into England.

Quinquennial Terror: Machiavelli’s Understanding of the Political Sublime; Ed King; Open Journal of Political Science; 2013; Volume 3; pp. 69-75

This paper argues that far from advocating fear of violence as a continuous source of civic provocation Machiavelli’s ideal ruler employs an aesthetic approach to civic violence; one that actually harms few citizens and moderates their fear with admiration through carefully considered psychological imperatives similar to those articulated two hundred years later in theories of the sublime. Such violence as there was would occur half a decade at a time in between which the citizens and the patria would enjoy stability, wealth and honor. It had a proven Medici provenance, having been developed through Cosimo de Medici’s intuitive genius for governance and was maintained by Piero and Lorenzo the Magnificent. The insight was empirically confirmed by Niccolò’s observations of similarly intuitive political savants; namely Cesare Borgia and Julius II. It was not given a technical title by Machiavelli, who unhelpfully referred to it as crudeltà bene usate (cruelty well used) but we might call it “the politics of the sublime”. Despite its most dramatic (and consequentially disproportionate) evocation in the Prince, Machiavelli’s reliance on the political sublime waned throughout his literary career, until he rejected it in a stunning critique of Cosimo’s reign in the Florentine Histories.

L’« urna sanza fondo » machiavelliana e l’« origine » della politica; Luca Sartorello; Laboratoire italien; 2005; Volume 5; Fascicolo 1; pp. 171-195

Partendo dalla lettura del capitolo machiavelliano Dell’Ambizione proposta da Gennaro Sasso e segnatamente dalla tesi del pessimismo antropologico che emerge da quello studio, l’autore assume il medesimo luogo machiavelliano per avanzare l’ipotesi che all’origine del pensiero politico di Machiavelli non vi sia un’antropologia negativa, ma una vera e propria teoria del desiderio. Il desiderare machiavelliano, sulla scorta della definizione tomista, si configura come un movimento congiunto alla vita stessa, e non ha, per suo statuto, all’interno dei confini di questa, limiti. Gli ideali di temperanza e medietas ancora presenti nel pensiero politico degli umanisti lasciano il posto, in Machiavelli, ad una originale nozione di « intervallo » alla creazione del quale, tuttavia, dovrebbe concorrere il tradizionale patrimonio di sapienza civile.

Machiavelli moderno o postmoderno?; Ludovico Fulci; Écho des études romanes; 2005; Volume 1; Fascicolo 1; pp. 37-51

Postmodern condition involves an inquiry about modern history and its inheritance. The article is about a possible postmodernity of Machiavelli, whose thought is so interesting nowadays for many politicians and historians of culture as well. After considering some relevant aspects of Machiavelli's prince as an ideal politician (that justifies the surviving of Machiavellian and his political theories to the French Revolution), the author points out that, according to some Italian interpreters' suggestions, the Machiavellian virtus has to be considered as related to the alchemic tradition of post-medieval Italian physicians. [...]

L’Arte della guerra di Machiavelli e la letteratura militare del Cinquecento; Michel Pretalli; Nuova Antologia Militare; 2020; Fascicolo 1

Machiavelli’s Art of War (1521), the first dialogue on this subject written in italian volgare, is considered as one of the most influential works in occidental military culture. Given its author’s calibre, the influence of the Art of War on the vast and heterogeneous military literature of the sixteenth century has often been taken for granted even though no concrete evidence has been produced to support such an idea. Starting from the characterization of Machiavelli’s profile – was he a specialist of war? –, this paper is a first attempt to conduct a thorough analysis of the texts in order to identify the common points and the differences between Machiavelli’s dialogue and the military works – especially dialogues – of the following decades, which could reveal the presence or the absence of influence of the former on the latters. [...]

Croce e Machiavelli. Forme e percorsi di una continuità; Emilia Scarcella; Bollettino Filosofico; 2013; Volume 28; pp. 321-336

Questo saggio è incentrato sul confronto tra Benedetto Croce e Niccolò Machiavelli, a partire dalla lettura di Machiavelli elaborata da Francesco De Sanctis nel XIX secolo. Croce studiò a lungo il pensiero di Machiavelli e lo considerò il padre della filosofia moderna, colui che intese la politica come una categoria indipendente della mente e il fondamento del processo storico. Attraverso questo nuovo approccio alla politica, la tradizione del pensiero di Machiavelli indusse De Sanctis e Croce a concepire in un nuovo modo la relazione tra politica ed etica, la quale rappresenta un elemento nodale del sistema filosofico crociano.

Il Principe di Niccolò Machiavelli [Audiolibro Completo] - Ibex edizioni; 12 episodi

The Prince and The Discourses; Columbia College, Columbia University in the City of New York

Firenze. Scoperte pagine sconosciute di Niccolò Machiavelli; Redazione Agorà; Avvenire.it; 8 ottobre 2020

In un codice della Biblioteca nazionale di Firenze sono stati ritrovati numerosi "Frammenti storici" dell'autore del Principe, datati dal 1497 al 1515.

Idee. Machiavelli, Pascal e la politica come arte; Maurizio Cecchetti; Avvenire.it; 27 gennaio 2019

Carlo Ginzburg propone una lettura intrecciata dei due autori col loro comune richiamo alla casistica medievale e alle fonti storiche cercando l'ago nel pagliaio per confermare o smentire un'ipotesi.

Storia. Niccolò Machiavelli, il «papista» che non t'aspetti; Paolo Simoncelli ; Avvenire.it; 11 gennaio 2018

Niccolò Macchiavelli guelfo? Da uno studio emerge un aspetto nuovo dell’autore del “Principe”. Alla corte di papa Clemente VII svolge un ruolo essenziale in chiave anti luterana e anti Carlo V.