La crítica de Montaigne a la política maquiavélica

• Zuckert, Catherine ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Notre Dame

     University of Notre Dame

     Township of Portage, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Eunomía: Revista en Cultura de la Legalidad, ISSN-e 2253-6655, Nº. 27, 2024, págs. 10-31
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.20318/eunomia.2024.8998
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Montaigne’s Critique of Machiavellian Politics
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• Resumen
  • español

    La crítica de Montaigne a la política maquiavélica no ha recibido la atención que merece, ya que no identifica explícitamente el objetivo de su crítica en muchos de los comentarios dispersos a lo largo de sus Ensayos, que abarcan mil páginas. En este artículo recopilo esos comentarios dispersos para demostrar que, a diferencia de la mayoría de los críticos de su tiempo y posteriores, Montaigne no critica la educación que Maquiavelo ofrece a los líderes políticos, principalmente por ser inmoral e irreligiosa. Montaigne sostiene que los líderes que siguen el consejo de Maquiavelo de mentir constantemente, entender la política esencialmente como una forma de lucha y buscar la gloria destruyendo las instituciones y leyes establecidas para fundar ‘nuevos modos y órdenes’ no están en condiciones de lograr ni sus objetivos políticos ni sus metas privadas e individuales.

  • English

    Montaigne’s critique of Machiavellian politics has not received the attention it deserves, because he does not label the target of his criticism in many comments scattered through his thousand-page Essays. In this article I collect those scattered comments to show that, unlike most other critics at his time and later, Montaigne does not fault the education Machiavelli offers political leaders primarily for being immoral and irreligious. He contends that leaders who follow Machiavelli’s advice to lie constantly, understand politics essentially as a form of fighting, and attempt to win glory by destroying established institutions and laws in order to found “new modes and orders” are not apt to achieve either their political or their private, individual goals.

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