Liberty and Conflict: Machiavelli on Politics and Power

The major themes of the conference include situating Machiavelli within the history of political though, the tragic view of politics and conflict in the The Prince, the relationship between The Prince and the Discourses and the foundation of good orders, an the assessment of the meaning of political liberty and power in the study of Machiavelli’s ideas.  

Participants:   Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, Giuliano Amato, Jeěreěmie Barthas, Michele Battini, Erica Benner, Thomas Berns, Philip C. Bobbit, Barbara Carnevali, Jo Ann Cavallo, Jean Cohen, Benedetto Fontana, David Freedberg, Marie Gaille, Bryan Garsten, Marco Geuna, Giovanni Giorgini, Turkuler Isiksel, David Johnston, Andreas Kalyvas, Filippo del Lucchese, Bernard Manin, Harvey Mansfield, Karuna Mantena, John P. McCormick, Thierry Meěnissier, Michael Mosher, Pasquale Pasquino, Paul A. Rahe, Helena Rosenblatt, Quentin Skinner, Nadia Urbinati, Camila Vergara Riccardo Viale, and Maurizio Viroli.  

More information about the conference is available at the CSPT website (http://icspt.org/events/cspt-conference-2013-2014/) as well as the conference website: