The company of the sophists. Machiavelli, objector to Althusser

Authors

  • Cecilia Abdo Ferez Universidad de Buenos Aires; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)

Keywords:

Machiavelli, Althusser, Theoretical Antiquity, Practical Antiquity

Abstract

The study of Machiavelli was recurrent in Louis Althusser. Machiavelli allowed him to rethink political action without supposing the a priori existence of a subject in whom Political Theory should axiomatically recognize the ability to carry out this action. This article aims to analyze the lecture Althusser gave in 1977 at the Institute of Political Sciences of Paris. Then, Althusser not only suggested this reading of Machiavelli, but also offered a non-cumulative conception of history, which enables a differentiated appropriation of Antiquity.

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Author Biography

Cecilia Abdo Ferez, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)

Investigadora adjunta de CONICET, área de Teoría Política, y profesora adjunta de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Carrera de Ciencias Políticas.

Published

2023-04-11

How to Cite

Abdo Ferez, C. (2023). The company of the sophists. Machiavelli, objector to Althusser. Colección, (23), 55–67. Retrieved from https://erevistas.uca.edu.ar/index.php/COLEC/article/view/868

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Research Articles