Machiavelli in the Spanish-Speaking Atlantic World, 1880-1940: Liberal and Anti-Liberal Political Thought

This book explores the reception of Machiavelli's works in modern Latin America and Spanish-speaking political thought between 1880 and 1940, offering the first systematic research on Machiavelli in Spanish-Speaking political thought. It compares the reception of Machiavelli between the Spanish-Speaking and English-Speaking Atlantic worlds, focusing on two main periods: 1880-1914 and 1914-1940. It reinterprets the history of liberalism and anti-liberalism, bringing both schools of thought into dialogue. The book argues that Machiavelli had a significant impact on both liberal and anti-liberal authors from Argentina and Spain, representing a synonym of tyranny for liberals and a synthesis between republicanism and liberalism for anti-liberals.

Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2023
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Explores the Reception of Machiavelli's Works in Modern Latin America and Spanish-Speaking Political Thought Between 1880 and 1940

Offers the first systematic research on Machiavelli in Spanish-Speaking political thought

Compares the reception of Machiavelli between the Spanish-Speaking and English-Speaking Atlantic worlds

Focuses on two main periods: 1880-1914 and 1914-1940

Reinterprets the history of liberalism and anti-liberalism, bringing both schools of thought into dialogue

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 ways, he had offered a synthesis between republicanism and liberalism. For anti-liberals, he was associated with Modernity and liberalism.

Weight: 486g
Dimension: 161 x 240 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399515351