“Althusser, poised between modernism and postmodernism, meets Machiavelli, poised between the Middle Ages and modernity.”—Antonio Negri.
Editorial NoteIntroduction: In the Mirror of MachiavelliMachiavelli and UsForeword31Theory and Political Practice52Theory and Theoretical Dispositive in Machiavelli333The Theory of the 'New Prince'534The Political Practice of the New Prince81Notes104AppMachiavelli's Solitude115Index131