Force and appearance: The political actor's cunning in Machiavelli's "The Prince"

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Autor(a) principal: Dias, Lucas
Data de Publicação: 2021
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Princípios (Natal. Online)
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufrn.br/principios/article/view/20306
Resumo: In this article, I develop a reading on Machiavelli’s political thought based on the concepts of force and appearance; the problem is delimited to the scope of the book The prince. At first, I interpret the concepts in the light of the images of the lion and the fox, which are exposed by the author in order to specify the meaning of force as vigor and as appearance. Then, I develop the argument through the concept of cunning as a form of political knowledge. From this analysis, the political dimension stands out as a phenomenon circumscribed not by a disjunction between the concepts worked on, but as phenomenally interrelated and constituents of political power. This interpretation, therefore, builds on the notion of “effectual truth” as a structure of a conceptual background that affirms the political realism not only of the real political regimes, but also on political actions.
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spelling Force and appearance: The political actor's cunning in Machiavelli's "The Prince"Força e aparência: A astúcia do político em "O príncipe" de MaquiavelForceAppearanceCunningVirtùEffectual truthForçaAparênciaAstúciaVirtùVerdade efetivaIn this article, I develop a reading on Machiavelli’s political thought based on the concepts of force and appearance; the problem is delimited to the scope of the book The prince. At first, I interpret the concepts in the light of the images of the lion and the fox, which are exposed by the author in order to specify the meaning of force as vigor and as appearance. Then, I develop the argument through the concept of cunning as a form of political knowledge. From this analysis, the political dimension stands out as a phenomenon circumscribed not by a disjunction between the concepts worked on, but as phenomenally interrelated and constituents of political power. This interpretation, therefore, builds on the notion of “effectual truth” as a structure of a conceptual background that affirms the political realism not only of the real political regimes, but also on political actions.Desenvolvo neste artigo uma leitura sobre o pensamento político de Maquiavel com base no par conceitual força-aparência; delimito a questão ao âmbito do texto O príncipe. Interpreto, inicialmente, os conceitos à luz das figuras do leão e da raposa expostas pelo autor a fim de especificar o significado da força enquanto vigor e enquanto aparência. Em seguida, desenvolvo o argumento por meio do conceito de astúcia como uma forma de saber político. A partir da análise, sobressai-se a dimensão do político como fenômeno circunscrito não por uma disjunção entre os conceitos trabalhados, mas enquanto fenomenicamente interrelacionados e constituintes do poder político. Esta interpretação, assim, emerge junto à noção de “verdade efetiva” como estrutura de um pano de fundo conceitual que afirma o realismo político tanto dos regimes reais, quanto das ações políticas.EDUFRN2021-01-26info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionAvaliado pelos paresapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufrn.br/principios/article/view/2030610.21680/1983-2109.2021v28n55ID20306Princípios: Revista de Filosofia (UFRN); v. 28 n. 55 (2021): Princípios: Revista de Filosofia (UFRN); 166-1891983-21090104-869410.21680/1983-2109.2021v28n55reponame:Princípios (Natal. Online)instname:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)instacron:UFRNporhttps://periodicos.ufrn.br/principios/article/view/20306/13760Copyright (c) 2021 Lucas Diasinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessDias, Lucas2021-01-30T03:34:46Zoai:periodicos.ufrn.br:article/20306Revistahttps://periodicos.ufrn.br/principiosPUBhttps://periodicos.ufrn.br/principios/oai||principios@cchla.ufrn.br1983-21090104-8694opendoar:2021-01-30T03:34:46Princípios (Natal. Online) - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Force and appearance: The political actor's cunning in Machiavelli's "The Prince"
Força e aparência: A astúcia do político em "O príncipe" de Maquiavel
title Force and appearance: The political actor's cunning in Machiavelli's "The Prince"
spellingShingle Force and appearance: The political actor's cunning in Machiavelli's "The Prince"
Dias, Lucas
Force
Appearance
Cunning
Virtù
Effectual truth
Força
Aparência
Astúcia
Virtù
Verdade efetiva
title_short Force and appearance: The political actor's cunning in Machiavelli's "The Prince"
title_full Force and appearance: The political actor's cunning in Machiavelli's "The Prince"
title_fullStr Force and appearance: The political actor's cunning in Machiavelli's "The Prince"
title_full_unstemmed Force and appearance: The political actor's cunning in Machiavelli's "The Prince"
title_sort Force and appearance: The political actor's cunning in Machiavelli's "The Prince"
author Dias, Lucas
author_facet Dias, Lucas
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Dias, Lucas
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Force
Appearance
Cunning
Virtù
Effectual truth
Força
Aparência
Astúcia
Virtù
Verdade efetiva
topic Force
Appearance
Cunning
Virtù
Effectual truth
Força
Aparência
Astúcia
Virtù
Verdade efetiva
description In this article, I develop a reading on Machiavelli’s political thought based on the concepts of force and appearance; the problem is delimited to the scope of the book The prince. At first, I interpret the concepts in the light of the images of the lion and the fox, which are exposed by the author in order to specify the meaning of force as vigor and as appearance. Then, I develop the argument through the concept of cunning as a form of political knowledge. From this analysis, the political dimension stands out as a phenomenon circumscribed not by a disjunction between the concepts worked on, but as phenomenally interrelated and constituents of political power. This interpretation, therefore, builds on the notion of “effectual truth” as a structure of a conceptual background that affirms the political realism not only of the real political regimes, but also on political actions.
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