Commentary
[in chronological order]
Machiavelli’s Common Good
- Mark Blitz, "Machiavelli's Common Good," Library of Law and Liberty, August 14, 2017.Machiavelli’s Politics is aptly named. Catherine Zuckert’s new book concentrates intently on Niccolo Machiavelli’s judgment about how best to govern political communities in the ordinary sense—places such as Florence and Rome. Her views about what… More
“Machiavelli’s Enterprise” by Harvey Mansfield
- Mansfield, Harvey. "Machiavelli’s Enterprise." The New Criterion 32, no. 2 (October 2013): 4–10.In his essay “Machiavelli’s Enterprise,” published in The New Criterion, Harvey Mansfield examines the profound impact of Niccolò Machiavelli’s works, particularly The Prince and the Discourses on Livy, on the formation of the modern… More
“Machiavelli and the Art of Political Founding”
- Steven Smith. "Machiavelli and the Art of Political Founding." Chap. 7 in Political Philosophy. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012.Machiavelli and Us
- Louis Althusser. Machiavelli and Us. Translated by Gregory Elliott. 2nd ed. London: Verso, 2011.The Cambridge Companion to Machiavelli
- John Najemy, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Machiavelli. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.The Cambridge Companion to Machiavelli, edited by John M. Najemy, is a comprehensive anthology that delves into the multifaceted works and enduring influence of Niccolò Machiavelli, the renowned Renaissance political thinker. This volume assembles sixteen… More
“The ordine nuovo of Machiavelli’s ‘Arte della Guerra’: Reforming Ancient Matter”
- Christopher Lynch. "The ordine nuovo of Machiavelli's 'Arte della Guerra': Reforming Ancient Matter." History of Political Thought 31, no. 3 (2010): 407-25.“‘The Life of Castruccio Castracani’: Machiavelli as Literary Artist, Historian, Teacher and Philosopher”
- Catherine Zuckert. "'The Life of Castruccio Castracani': Machiavelli as Literary Artist, Historian, Teacher and Philosopher." History of Political Thought 31, no. 4 (2010): 577-603.Machiavelli’s Ethics
- Erica Benner. Machiavelli's Ethics. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009.“Of Conquest: An Interpretation of Chapters 3-5 of Machiavelli’s ‘Prince'”
- Michael Anton. "Of Conquest: An Interpretation of Chapters 3-5 of Machiavelli's 'Prince'." Perspectives on Political Science 38, no. 1 (2009): 33-46.Machiavelli: A Beginner’s Guide
- Cary Nederman. Machiavelli: A Beginner's Guide. Oxford: Oneworld, 2009.“The Problem of the Prince”
- Eric Nelson. "The Problem of the Prince." Chap. 17 in The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy, edited by James Hankins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.Machiavelli’s Liberal Republican Legacy
- Paul A. Rahe, ed. Machiavelli's Liberal Republican Legacy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.“Law and Innovation in Machiavelli’s ‘Prince'”
- Nathan Tarcov. "Law and Innovation in Machiavelli's 'Prince'." Chap. 5 in Enlightening Revolutions: Essays in Honor of Ralph Lerner, edited by Svetozar Minkov, with the assistance of Stéphane Douard. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2006.Discourses on Strauss: Revelation and Reason in Leo Strauss and His Critical Study of Machiavelli
- Kim A. Sorensen. Discourses on Strauss: Revelation and Reason in Leo Strauss and His Critical Study of Machiavelli. South Bend: University of Notre Dame Press, 2006.Machiavelli—The First Century: Studies in Enthusiasm, Hostility, and Irrelevance
- Sydney Anglo. Machiavelli—The First Century: Studies in Enthusiasm, Hostility, and Irrelevance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.Publishing “The Prince”: History, Reading, and the Birth of Political Criticism
- Jacob Soll. Publishing "The Prince": History, Reading, and the Birth of Political Criticism. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005.Machiavelli’s God
- Maurizio Viroli. Machiavelli's God. Translated by Antony Shugaar. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010. Originally published as Il Dio di Machiavelli e il problema morale dell'Italia (Rome: Laterza, 2005).Machiavelli and Empire
- Mikael Hörnqvist. Machiavelli and Empire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.“The Roman Agrarian Laws and Machiavelli’s modi privati”
- Eric Nelson. "The Roman Agrarian Laws and Machiavelli's modi privati." Chap. 2 in The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.Machiavelli, Hobbes, and the Formation of a Liberal Republicanism in England
- Vickie B. Sullivan. Machiavelli, Hobbes, and the Formation of a Liberal Republicanism in England. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.The Machiavellian Moment: Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition
- J. G. A. Pocock. The Machiavellian Moment: Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003.“Freedom, Republics, and Peoples in Machiavelli’s ‘Prince'” by Nathan Tarcov
- Nathan Tarcov. "Freedom, Republics, and Peoples in Machiavelli’s 'Prince'." Chap. 8 in Freedom and the Human Person, edited by Richard Velkley. Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 2003.“Arms and Politics in Machiavelli’s ‘Prince'”
- Nathan Tarcov. "Arms and Politics in Machiavelli's 'Prince'." Chap. 8 in Entre Kant et Kosovo: études offertes à Pierre Hassner. Edited by Anne-Marie Le Gloannec et Aleksander Smolar. Paris: Presses de Sciences Po, 2003.“Interpretive Essay”
- Christopher Lynch. “Interpretive Essay.” In Niccolò Machiavelli, Art of War, translated by Christopher Lynch, 179–226. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.“Bruni and Machiavelli on Civic Humanism”
- Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. "Bruni and Machiavelli on Civic Humanism." Chap. 8 in Renaissance Civic Humanism: Reappraisals and Reflections, edited by James Hankins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.“Situating Machiavelli”
- Paul Rahe. "Situating Machiavelli." Chap. 10 in Renaissance Civic Humanism: Reappraisals and Reflections, edited by James Hankins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction
- Quentin Skinner. Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.Niccolò’s Smile: A Biography of Machiavelli
- Maurizio Viroli. Niccolò's Smile: A Biography of Machiavelli, translated by Antony Shugaar. New York: Hill and Wang, 2000.A biography of Machiavelli, with lots of good translations of Machiavelli.
Machiavelli’s Three Romes: Religion, Human Liberty, and Politics Reformed
- Vickie B. Sullivan. Machiavelli's Three Romes: Religion, Human Liberty, and Politics Reformed. DeKalb, Ill.: Northern Illinois University Press, 1996.Machiavelli’s Virtue by Harvey Mansfield
- Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. Machiavelli’s Virtue. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.From the publisher: “Uniting thirty years of authoritative scholarship by a master of textual detail, Machiavelli’s Virtue is a comprehensive statement on the founder of modern politics. Harvey Mansfield reveals the role of sects in Machiavelli’s… More
Machiavelli’s Virtue.
- Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. Machiavelli’s Virtue. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.“Machiavelli and the Fecundity of Evil” by Pierre Manent
- Manent, Pierre, Rebecca Balinski, and Jerrold Seigel. “Machiavelli and the Fecundity of Evil.” In An Intellectual History of Liberalism, 1:10–19. Princeton University Press, 1995.Excerpt: “How shall we begin? Where do we begin? The period preceding the establishment of liberal regimes is conventionally called the ancien régime—an entirely retrospective or negative designation to which another, positive or prospective one is… More
Machiavellian Rhetoric: From the Counter-Reformation to Milton
- Victoria Kahn. Machiavellian Rhetoric: From the Counter-Reformation to Milton. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994.Machiavelli and the Discourse of Literature
- A. R. Ascoli and Victoria Kahn, eds. Machiavelli and the Discourse of Literature. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1993.Machiavel et les tyrannies modernes
- Raymond Aron. Machiavel et les tyrannies modernes. Paris: Fallois, 1993.The Machiavellian Cosmos
- Anthony Parel. The Machiavellian Cosmos. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992.Machiavelli and Republicanism by Bock, Skinner, and Viroli
- Bock, Gisela, Quentin Skinner, and Maurizio Viroli, eds. Machiavelli and Republicanism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.From the publisher: “This highly acclaimed volume brings together some of the world’s foremost historians of ideas to consider Machiavelli’s political thought in the larger context of the European republican tradition, and the image of… More
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
- Jacob Burckhardt. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy. New York: Penguin, 1990.On the Intelligibility of Political Philosophy: Essays of Charles N. R. McCoy
- Charles N. R. McCoy. On the Intelligibility of Political Philosophy: Essays of Charles N. R. McCoy. Edited by James V. Schall and John J. Schrems. Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1989.Machiavelli and Mystery of State
- Peter S. Donaldson. Machiavelli and Mystery of State. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989.Machiavelli in Hell
- Sebastian DeGrazia. Machiavelli in Hell. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989.Foxes and Lions: Machiavelli’s Confidence Men
- Wayne A. Rebhorn. Foxes and Lions: Machiavelli's Confidence Men. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988.“Niccolò Machiavelli”
- Leo Strauss. "Niccolò Machiavelli." In History of Political Philosophy, edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey. 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.In the essay “Niccolò Machiavelli,” included in the third edition of History of Political Philosophy (1987), editor Leo Strauss offers a profound analysis of Machiavelli’s political theories. Strauss examines Machiavelli’s departure… More
“How Original Is Machiavelli?”
- W. R. Newell. "How Original Is Machiavelli?" Political Theory 15 (1987): 612-34.Machiavelli and the History of Prudence
- Eugene Garver. Machiavelli and the History of Prudence. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1987.Machiavelli
- August Buck. Machiavelli. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1985.Fortune Is a Woman: Gender and Politics in the Thought of Niccolò Machiavelli
- Hanna Pitkin. Fortune Is a Woman: Gender and Politics in the Thought of Niccolò Machiavelli. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984.Citizen Machiavelli
- Mark Hulliung. Citizen Machiavelli. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983.“Quentin Skinner’s Method and Machiavelli’s ‘Prince'”
- Nathan Tarcov. "Quentin Skinner's Method and Machiavelli's Prince." Ethics 92 (1982): 692-709.“La politica e la storia: Machiavelli e Vico”
- Roberto Esposito. La politica e la storia: Machiavelli e Vico. Naples: Liguori, 1980.Niccolò Machiavelli: Storia del suo pensiero politico
- Gennaro Sasso. Niccolò Machiavelli: Storia del suo pensiero politico. Bologna: il Mulino, 1980.“The Originality of Machiavelli”
- Isaiah Berlin. "The Originality of Machiavelli." In Against the Current, 25-79. New York: Viking Press, 1980.“On Machiavelli’s ‘Mandragola'”
- Carnes Lord. "On Machiavelli's 'Mandragola'." The Journal of Politics 41, no. 3 (1979): 806-27.Machiavelli’s New Modes and Orders: A Study of the “Discourses on Livy”
- Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. Machiavelli’s New Modes and Orders: A Study of the “Discourses on Livy”. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979.From the publisher: Machiavelli’s New Modes and Orders is the only full-length interpretive study on Machiavelli’s controversial and ambiguous work, Discourses on Livy. These discourses, considered by some to be Machiavelli’s most… More
“Machiavelli’s Unchristian Charity”
- Clifford Orwin. "Machiavelli's Unchristian Charity." American Political Science Review 72, no. 4 (1978): 1217-28.Naissances de la politique moderne: Machiavel, Hobbes, Rousseau
- Pierre Manent. Naissances de la politique moderne: Machiavel, Hobbes, Rousseau. Paris: Payot, 1977.“The Theme of ‘Gloria’ in Machiavelli”
- Russell Price. "The Theme of Gloria in Machiavelli." Renaissance Quarterly 30 (1977): 588-631.History: Choice and Commitment
- Felix Gilbert. History: Choice and Commitment. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1977.Machiavelli and the Art of Renaissance History
Peter E. Bondanella. Machiavelli and the Art of Renaissance History. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1973.
Machiavelli in the Making
- Claude Lefort. Machiavelli in the Making. Translated by Michael B. Smith. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 2012. Originally published as Le travail de l'oeuvre Machiavel (Paris: Gallimard, 1972).The Political Calculus: Essays on Machiavelli’s Philosophy
- Anthony Parel, ed. The Political Calculus: Essays on Machiavelli's Philosophy. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1972.“The Ferocious Wisdom of Machiavelli”
- Conor Cruise O'Brien. "The Ferocious Wisdom of Machiavelli." In The Suspecting Glance. London: Faber and Faber, 1972.Machiavelli and the Nature of Political Thought
- Martin Fleisher, ed. Machiavelli and the Nature of Political Thought. New York: Atheneum, 1972.“The Idea of Liberty in Machiavelli”
- Marcia Colish. "The Idea of Liberty in Machiavelli." Journal of the History of Ideas 32 (1971): 323-51.“Machiavelli and Classical Literature”
- Leo Strauss. "Machiavelli and Classical Literature." Review of National Literatures 1 (1970): 7-25.Discourses on Machiavelli
- J. H. Whitfield. Discourses on Machiavelli. Cambridge: Heffer, 1969.“Per il testo ‘De Principatibus’ di Niccolò Machiavelli”
- A. E. Quaglio. "Per il testo 'De Principatibus' di Niccolò Machiavelli." Lettere Italane 19 (1967): 141-86.The Crisis of the Early Italian Renaissance
- Hans Baron. The Crisis of the Early Italian Renaissance. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1966.The Life of Niccolò Machiavelli
- Roberto Ridolfi. The Life of Niccolò Machiavelli. Translated by Cecil Grayson. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963.“Machiavelli: The Republican Citizen and the Author of ‘The Prince'”
- Hans Baron. "Machiavelli: The Republican Citizen and the Author of The Prince." English Historical Review 76 (1961): 217-53.Machiavelli and Renaissance Italy
- J. R. Hale. Machiavelli and Renaissance Italy. London: English Universities Press, 1960.Machiavelli and the Renaissance
- Federico Chabod. Machiavelli and the Renaissance. Translated by David Moore. London: Bowes and Bowes, 1958.Thoughts on Machiavelli by Leo Strauss
- Strauss, Leo. Thoughts on Machiavelli. Glencoe, IL: Free Press, 1958.From the publisher: “Leo Strauss argued that the most visible fact about Machiavelli’s doctrine is also the most useful one: Machiavelli seems to be a teacher of wickedness. Strauss sought to incorporate this idea in his interpretation without… More