Carlo Galli is Professor of History of Political Theory at the University of Bologna and the author of many books, including
Adam Sitze is Associate Professor of Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought at Amherst College and the coeditor of
Amanda Minervini is Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian at Colorado College and translator of
Carlo Galli is Professor of History of Political Theory at the University of Bologna and the author of many books, including
Adam Sitze is Associate Professor of Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought at Amherst College and the coeditor of
Amanda Minervini is Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian at Colorado College and translator of
Schmitt and Machiavelli
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Published:November 2015
The central aim of chapter 3 is to distinguish Schmitt’s genealogy of the political from Machiavelli’s conceptualization of the origin of the modern State. By reconstructing Schmitt’s various positions on Machiavelli, Galli shows that Machiavelli is neither influential for the development of Schmitt’s thought nor even a sustained object of Schmitt’s attention. Although Schmitt certainly does turn to Machiavelli to make sense of the “technics” of modern politics, does cite Machiavelli to legitimize his support of Italian Fascism, and does share with Machiavalli a certain “pessimistic” view about the place of morality in human conduct, Schmitt is thus far from being a “Machiavellian.”
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