Machiavelli, Utopia, and Queer Politics

This paper reconsiders conflict between the great and the plebs in Machiavelli from a perspective of "queer utopia". The paper maintains that confrontation between the great and the plebs is best understood as a clash between two principles: repetition and inertia versus creativity and act...

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Published inAnali Hrvatskog politološkog društva Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 241 - 261
Main Author Žagar, Davorin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Zagreb Croatian Political Science Association 2023
Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Subjects
desire
Fabius Rullianus
innovartion
Oppression
queer politics
queer utopia
Sexuality
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Summary:This paper reconsiders conflict between the great and the plebs in Machiavelli from a perspective of "queer utopia". The paper maintains that confrontation between the great and the plebs is best understood as a clash between two principles: repetition and inertia versus creativity and action. When the plebeian utopian impulse to be free from the oppression of the great is appropriately excited and expressed as an incessant yearning for the new, the queer political agency that is unleashed results in production of alternative possibilities of living and being in the world that make the society freer and stronger. Ovaj članak razmatra sukob između velikaša i plebejaca u Machiavellija iz perspektive "queer utopije". U članku se tvrdi da je sukobljavanje velikaša i plebejca moguće najbolje razumjeti kao sraz dvaju principa: ponavljanja i inercije protiv kreativnosti i djelovanja. Kada je utopijski poriv plebejaca za oslobađanjem od tlačenja velikaša potaknut i izražen na odgovarajući način, kao težnja za novim, tada se oslobađa queer političko djelovanje koje proizvodi alternativne načine življenja i bivstvovanja u svijetu koji čine društvo slobodnijim i snažnijim.
ISSN:1845-6707
1847-5299
DOI:10.20901/an.20.07