To Bring Down the Mighty and Lift up the Lowly: Machiavelli on the Place of the Humble Within Political Life

• In Event: Imperialism and the Ethics of Humility

Brief Overview

This paper examines how Machiavelli understands the place of the lowly within political life. It shows how Machiavelli reappropriates the Christian narrative around human lowliness in order to advocate for a class of political leaders.

Author

• Amanda Arulanandam, University of Notre Dame