Cannibals and Urban Conflicts. A Study on an Ethnographic Source of Machiavelli

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2318-8863.discurso.2020.171559

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Machiavelli, Geographical Explorations, Cannibals, Ethnography, Urban Conflicts

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This paper brings together, for the first time, Machiavelli’s interest in political and social conflicts and some ethnographical sources concerning the contemporary discovery of cannibals in the Caribbean as well as in Brazil (Tupinamba). The hypothesis is that knowledge of these sources represents a filter that allowed Machiavelli to reinterpret social clashes notably in Florentine urban context.

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2020-06-28

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Landi, S. (2020). Cannibals and Urban Conflicts. A Study on an Ethnographic Source of Machiavelli. Discurso, 50(1), 25–38. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2318-8863.discurso.2020.171559