Stolen time, suspended time. Reason of State and utopia in Italian XVIth-XVIIth century culture

The present study aims to analyze the relations between the doctrine of Reason of State and Utopianism in the Italian political culture during the XVIth and XVIIth centuries. Its focus is on the use of time prescribed to the prince as a peculiar tool for preserving his power and the state, while for...

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Main Author: Paolo C. Pissavino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2016-12-01
Series:Governare la paura
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Online Access:https://governarelapaura.unibo.it/article/view/6532
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description The present study aims to analyze the relations between the doctrine of Reason of State and Utopianism in the Italian political culture during the XVIth and XVIIth centuries. Its focus is on the use of time prescribed to the prince as a peculiar tool for preserving his power and the state, while for the utopists time is a condition for rationalising the life of their ideal communities. On the other hand some authors of Reason of State and utopists considered the perfection of the political and social institutions the only way for stabilizing the state, but the perfection is a metaphysical feature devoted to stop the corruption of the political community. So, even in this view, Reason of State and Utopianism are two doctrines that both teach the conservation of the state.
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spelling doaj.art-a39aa38cd51844dbb27da03953e9895e2022-12-22T02:36:33ZengUniversity of BolognaGovernare la paura1974-49352016-12-019110.6092/issn.1974-4935/65325925Stolen time, suspended time. Reason of State and utopia in Italian XVIth-XVIIth century culturePaolo C. Pissavino0University of PaviaThe present study aims to analyze the relations between the doctrine of Reason of State and Utopianism in the Italian political culture during the XVIth and XVIIth centuries. Its focus is on the use of time prescribed to the prince as a peculiar tool for preserving his power and the state, while for the utopists time is a condition for rationalising the life of their ideal communities. On the other hand some authors of Reason of State and utopists considered the perfection of the political and social institutions the only way for stabilizing the state, but the perfection is a metaphysical feature devoted to stop the corruption of the political community. So, even in this view, Reason of State and Utopianism are two doctrines that both teach the conservation of the state.https://governarelapaura.unibo.it/article/view/6532reason of stateutopianismconservation of the state
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Stolen time, suspended time. Reason of State and utopia in Italian XVIth-XVIIth century culture
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reason of state
utopianism
conservation of the state
title Stolen time, suspended time. Reason of State and utopia in Italian XVIth-XVIIth century culture
title_full Stolen time, suspended time. Reason of State and utopia in Italian XVIth-XVIIth century culture
title_fullStr Stolen time, suspended time. Reason of State and utopia in Italian XVIth-XVIIth century culture
title_full_unstemmed Stolen time, suspended time. Reason of State and utopia in Italian XVIth-XVIIth century culture
title_short Stolen time, suspended time. Reason of State and utopia in Italian XVIth-XVIIth century culture
title_sort stolen time suspended time reason of state and utopia in italian xvith xviith century culture
topic reason of state
utopianism
conservation of the state
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