Rousseau i Machiavelli: uloga sukoba u republikanskoj političkoj teoriji

master's thesis

• Title (english): Rousseau and Machiavelli: the Role of Conflict in the Republican Political Theory
• Author: Damjan Stanić
• Mentor: Domagoj Vujeva (mentor)
• Mentor: Luka Ribarević (komentor)
• Committee member: Domagoj Vujeva (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Tonči Kursar (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Luka Ribarević (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; The Faculty of Political Science; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023-07-03, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Science

Abstract

Sažetak U radu se tematizira pojam sukoba u političkim teorijama Jean-Jacques Rousseaua i Niccolò Machiavellija. Premda sukob nije središnji pojam republikanske političke misli kojoj spomenuta dvojica autora neupitno pripadaju, niti je sukob središnji pojam Rousseauovog ili Machiavellijevog opusa, u radu se brani teza o izraženom teorijskom utjecaju Machiavellija na Rousseaua upravo preko teorije sukoba. I dok uvriježene interpretacije Rousseaua svrstavaju u tabor snažnih protivnika sukoba, ovaj rad pokušava dokazati da unutar Rousseauove političke teorije prostor za sukob postoji te da je njegova upotreba inspirirana upravo Machiavellijevom teorijom sukoba, detaljno izloženom u njegovim Raspravama i Firentinskim povijestima. Nadalje, kako bi se teza o postojanju sukoba u Rousseauovoj misli dodatno pospješila, rad pokušava putem pojmova ekonomske jednakosti i ekspanzionizma uspostaviti vezu između Rousseaua i Machiavellija, uviđajući da su upravo to ključni pojmovi za donošenje zaključaka o značaju sukoba u teorijama ženevskog i firentinskog mislioca. Konačno, rad nastoji razlikovati manifestacije sukoba ovisno o kreposnosti političkog poretka dovodeći u pitanje sukobe unutar modernih trgovinskih društava. I dok su, čini se, u kreposnim društvima starine (poput Sparte i Rima) upravo sukobi proizvodili najveću od svih sloboda, moderna trgovinska društva osuđena su na sukobe koji ne generiraju slobodu, niti su usmjereni ka općem dobru, već isključivo ostvarivanju materijalnih bogatstava, a što uvelike utječe na konačni Rousseauov (ali i Machiavellijev) vrijednosni sud o samom sukobu.

Abstract (english)

Summary This work thematizes the notion of conflict in the political theories of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Niccolò Machiavelli. Even though the conflict is not the central concept of the republican political thought to whom the aforementioned duo undoubtedly belongs nor is the conflict the central concept in Rousseau's or Machiavelli's work, this work defends the thesis that Machiavelli clearly theoretically influenced Rousseau through the theory of conflict. While the frequent interpretations classify Rousseau as a strong opponent of conflicts, this work tries to prove that there is a place for conflict inside Rousseau’s political theory and that this use of conflict is inspired by Machiavelli’s theory of conflict which is detailly elaborated in his Discourses and Florentine Histories. Moreover, in order to further advance the thesis about the existence of conflict in Rousseau's thought, this work tries to establish a connection between Rousseau and Machiavelli through the concepts of economic equity and expansionism, recognizing that these are the key concepts for drawing conclusions about the significance of conflict in the theories of the Genevan and Florentine thinker. Finally, this work seeks to differentiate the manifestations of conflict depending on the virtue of the political order, questioning the conflicts within the modern commercial societies. And while, it seems, in the virtuous societies of antiquity (like Sparta and Rome) the conflicts were those that produced the greatest of all freedoms, modern commercial societies are condemned to conflicts that do not generate freedom, nor are they directed towards the common good but exclusively towards obtaining the material wealth which greatly affects Rousseau's (as well as Machiavelli's) final assessment of the conflict itself.

• Keywords: ekonomska jednakost; ekspanzionizam; Jean-Jacques Rousseau; moderno trgovinsko društvo; Niccolò Machiavelli; sloboda; sukob
• Keywords (english): Conflict; Economic Equity; Expansionism; Freedom; Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Modern Commercial Society; Niccolò Machiavelli
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:114:266931
• Study programme: Title: Political Science; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra politologije (magistar/magistra politologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-07-26 06:46:57