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Machiavelli and Machiavellism in Japan: 1868-1968. For an Intellectual History of Realism from its Outskirts

Descripción del proyecto

Un estudio detallado de Maquiavelo empezando por Japón

Nicolás Maquiavelo —historiador, político, diplomático, filósofo, humanista y escritor del Renacimiento italiano— se considera también el fundador de la ciencia política moderna. La relación entre el realismo y el conflicto fue fundamental en la historiografía de los siglos XIX y XX sobre Maquiavelo, así como en el discurso japonés sobre la identidad nacional. En este contexto, el objetivo del proyecto Makyaverri, financiado con fondos europeos, es ir más allá de las interpretaciones japonesas y analizar el impacto de Maquiavelo en Estados Unidos e Italia. Los resultados nos aportarán información sobre algunas de las premisas básicas de la concepción del realismo tal y como se estableció en la política moderna convencional.

Objetivo

The project studies the fortune in the modern and contemporary Japanese culture (1868-1968) of the notion of Machiavellian realism—the representation of Machiavelli as the father of modern Realpolitik. The analysis will focus, in particular, on the relationship between realism and conflict, which has been fundamental in the nineteenth and twentieth century historiography on Machiavelli as well as in the Japanese discourse on national identity. The inquiry will not address the Japanese interpretations of Machiavelli as an isolated case, but will explore their relations to the wider consideration that the Italian thinker enjoyed in the West, especially in the US and Italy. Through the study of the transfers, exchanges, and interactions between the Japanese interpreters and their European and American colleagues, we aim at sketching a global history of Machiavellism and modern realism from the eccentric perspective of Japan. Our expectation is that, by doing so, we will be able to question some of the fundamental assumptions lying behind the conception of realism as it established itself in mainstream modern politics. In the proposed project, supervision by an expert in Machiavelli and a theorist and methodologist of Global Intellectual History will help the experienced researcher, who has a background both in early modern Italian thought and Japanese intellectual history, to produce a truly global reflection without loosing theoretical depth and historical accuracy. The final goal is to reach out to a wide audience of academics, non-academic experts of foreign policies and interested laymen, showing the potential for intellectual history to contribute to extra-academic debates on global politics. Training will not only focus on specific skills and knowledge within the fields of Renaissance Studies and Global History, but also in the writing and management of research projects, allowing the experienced researcher to step forward with his career towards tenure track.

Ámbito científico

CORDIS clasifica los proyectos con EuroSciVoc, una taxonomía plurilingüe de ámbitos científicos, mediante un proceso semiautomático basado en técnicas de procesamiento del lenguaje natural.

Coordinador

UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 196 707,84
Dirección
RUE BLAISE PASCAL 4
67081 Strasbourg
Francia

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Región
Grand Est Alsace Bas-Rhin
Tipo de actividad
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Enlaces
Coste total
€ 196 707,84