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Machiavelli and Rousseau: the standpoint of the city and the authorial voice in political authorial voice in political theory

A systematic comparison is made between the respective political theories of Machiavelli and Rousseau. Initially, the comparison centres upon key substantive claims made by each theorist with a view to estab lishing a general, thematic contrast. This is used as a basis for structur ing a further comparison between the respective authorial standpoints adopted by Machiavelli and Rousseau. It will be suggested that this comparison establishes, (a) that a connection can be made between sub stantive theory and authorial standpoint and, (b) that, in comparison, the authorial standpoint adopted by Machiavelli reflects a fidelity to the political which is absent in Rousseau.

Key Words: authorship • citizenship • political theory

History of the Human Sciences, Vol. 10, No. 3, 69-86 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/095269519701000306


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