Hankins J. Renaissance Civic Humanism: Reappraisals and Reflections

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2004. — 332 p. — ISBN10: 0521548071; ISBN13: 978-0521548076.Civic Humanism has been one of the most influential concepts in the history of ideas ever since the pioneering work of Hans Baron and J. G. A. Pocock. This book reassesses Renaissance republican thinkers in relation to the medieval and early modern traditions of political thought and proposes new understandings of the evolution of important republican concepts. The distinguished team of American and European political theorists and historians together contribute a distinctive and significant addition to the study of republican political ideology.Introduction. James HankinsThe republican idea. William J. Connell
"Civic humanism" and medieval political thought. James M. Blythe
Civic humanism and Florentine politics. John M. Najemy
The two myths of civic humanism. Mikael Hbrnqvist
Rhetoric, history, and ideology: the civic panegyrics of Leonardo Bruni. James Hankins
De-masking Renaissance republicanism. Alison Brown
Civic humanism, realist constitutionalism, and Francesco Guicciardini's Discorso di Logrogno. Athanasios Moulakis
Bruni and Machiavelli on civic humanism. Harvey C. Mansfield
Rhetoric, reason, and republic: republicanisms - ancient, medieval, and modern. Cary J. Nederman
Situating Machiavelli. Paul A. Rahe