{"product_id":"the-peoples-princes-machiavelli-leadership-and-liberty-hardcover","title":"The People's Princes: Machiavelli, Leadership, and Liberty - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn P. McCormick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new window into Machiavelli's idea of virtuous leadership and the appropriate relationship among leaders, common citizens, and elites.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For more than a decade, John P. McCormick has been at the forefront of a new wave of scholarship that reveals the anti-elitist and democratic commitments at the center of Niccolo Machiavelli's political thought. In \u003ci\u003eThe People's Princes\u003c\/i\u003e, McCormick turns his attention to Machiavelli's conception of virtuous leadership and Machiavelli's views on the appropriate relationships among individual leaders, common citizens, and elites. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e While most people think of Machiavelli as a cynical advisor of tyrants--a man who counseled leaders to aggrandize themselves, by any means necessary, at the expense of their subjects and citizens--\u003ci\u003eThe People's Princes \u003c\/i\u003efundamentally challenges this understanding. Drawing from Machiavelli's major political works a normative standard for leadership that emphasizes the mutually reinforcing relationship of civic leadership and popular government, McCormick delineates Machiavelli's method of \"political exemplarity\" by analyzing in detail the Florentine's case studies of leaders and their interactions with populaces throughout ancient and modern history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e McCormick argues that Machiavelli suggests that civic leaders should enhance their reputations by providing for their own eventual obsolescence; specifically, they should establish institutional means through which common citizens rule themselves more directly and substantively. \u003ci\u003eThe People's Princes \u003c\/i\u003einvites readers to consider Machiavelli anew, and also reflect on insights that remain relevant in the twenty-first century amidst growing concerns that political leaders are not accountable or responsive to popular majorities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn P. McCormick \u003c\/b\u003eis the Karl J. Weintraub Professor in political science and the college at the University of Chicago. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eReading Machiavelli, Weimar Thought: A Contested Legacy, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMachiavellian Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9.13 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46989405028527,"sku":"9780226842356","price":189.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/7314\/1679\/files\/uIM9ia8bH69780226842356.webp?v=1780239972","url":"https:\/\/valuevaultclub.myshopify.com\/products\/the-peoples-princes-machiavelli-leadership-and-liberty-hardcover","provider":"Value Vault Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}