From an intensive academic study based primarily on Machiavelli's works, critical arguments arise in this text that undermine not only the current-day political mind-set, framework, and practices, but also the views established academically, up to the point where the body politic formed by the Western classical tradition is dissipated and dispersed. Comprised in a contrary unconventional manner similar to Machiavelli, the basic essential factors of history, religion, power, and authority were formulated as the four main chapters in this work by Nevio Cristante. From it, one can readily see the flaws today in the false praise in nostalgic historical hubris, the forgetting of a brand of religion that is essential for healthy politics, the overlooking of coercive forces that reduce politics to power, and the loss of true authority. In this book, Cristante comprises Machiavelli as a virtuous, unprecedented, extreme humanist, in stark contrast to the common incessant interpretations of him being a teacher of evil, a diabolical, soulless political advisor. A subversive satirical interpretation of The Prince has been formed herein, extending from the generated knowledge of history and the history of Machiavelli's own experience. From the vivacious and unraveling Italian Renaissance, a cogent force prompted Machiavelli to create his literary works in order to form an educational cure for the deteriorating human condition, of his time, and any time. There is in Machiavelli, a differing sense of newness from that which is commonly known today, which circumvents its worth in this distinct educative interpretation. Machiavelli goes back in time in order to produce lessons applicable to correct the shortages in his, and every, present-day. With a divergent view of the works of art and literature outlined in this analysis, Machiavelli's education becomes revived today in creating a virtuous political, spiritual, and cultural dynamism as a battle-cry to repel the ignorance and great misfortunes in our human condition.
About the Author: For the last six years, Dr Nevio Cristante has been an Assistant Professor at Hacettepe University, in Ankara, Turkey, in the departments of English Language and Literature, as well as the International Relations Department. He is an Italian-Canadian and now is associated with the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Human Sciences at Laurentian University, in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, a place where he grew up, and his family and friends still live. He acquired his MA with distinction in the Political Science Department at Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and acquired his PhD at METU, the Middle East Technical University, in Ankara, Turkey. His area of expertise is in the history of political thought, or political philosophy. His work encompasses his transnational experiences with an interdisciplinary direction, which is enhanced through expansion upon historical studies, social issues within political science, psychological politics, literary studies, and religion. In collaboration with this direction, he is currently working on environmental affairs, native issues, transnational culture, terrorism, and global political history. All of these elements have had an effect on his original interpretation of Machiavelli in this book, Machiavellis Revivus: Slashing A Sword on the Western Classical Tradition. It is a work that will revolutionize and revive Machiavelli for the current day, under divergent insights that are contentious to common interpretations.