From Politics to Reason of State: The Acquisition and Transformation of the Language of Politics 1250-1600 Viroli Maurizio
From Politics to Reason of State: The Acquisition and Transformation of the Language of Politics 1250-1600 Viroli Maurizio Between the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth…
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From Politics to Reason of State: The Acquisition and Transformation of the Language of Politics 1250-1600 Viroli Maurizio
Between the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth centuries, the language of politics underwent a radical transformation. Not only did the meaning and the range of application of the concept of politics change, but also the status of political science, the role of political education, and the value of political liberty. The author argues that this transformation amounted to a revolution of politics, global in scope, and wide-ranging in its intellectual and moral implications.
It was no longer the means of fighting corruption, but the means of perpetuating it. For three centuries politics had enjoyed the status of the noblest human science, but emerged from the revolution as an ignoble, sordid, and depraved activity. This revolution of politics has received little attention, despite its importance.
This study fills a gap in the history of political thought, and