Autore
Saracino, Davide

Titolo
Machiavelli d'Oriente o Kautilya d'Occidente. Per un dialogo contestualista tra l'Arthasastra e Il Principe
Periodico
Storia del pensiero politico
Anno: 2023 - Fascicolo: 3 - Pagina iniziale: 371 - Pagina finale: 390

In The Profession and Vocation of Politics, Weber argues that Machiavelli’s Prince is «harmless» in comparison to Kauṭilya’s Artha÷āstra. Some contemporary comparative political theorists similarly argue that the Artha÷āstra is a fully realistic speculum principis free from moralistic considerations, while The Prince’s supposed realism is in fact moderated by Machiavelli’s republicanism. An opposite viewpoint suggests that Kauṭilya’s extremism, unlike Machiavelli’s republican realism, would breed the sovereign’s ruin in our age. In this article, I take a via media, arguing for the contextual and non-substantive nature of the difference between these authors and their main works.



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