Verita Effettuale Della Cosa Politica in Machiavelli’s Mandrake

Makijaveli putokaz za uspostavljanje poretka među ljudima koji svoj sebični lični interes pretpostavljaju opštem dobru šalje u dramskoj formi komedije, u Mandragoli. Prvo predstavljamo likove u komadu kao junake doba radikalnog odsustva smisla. Potom u Liguriovom planu za osvajanje udate lepotice Lukrecije pronalazimo smernice za mirno uspostavljanje novog poretka u senci starog koji, onemoćao, prevaren i slab, ne pruža nikakav otpor. U trećem delu u ovoj naizgled lakoj komediji rasvetljavamo uputstvo za skrivenu revoluciju, koja se ostvaruje zahvaljujući smelosti državnika i lukavosti njegovog savetnika. Zaključujemo da Makijaveli u Mandragoli razmatra scenario koji nije dobio dovoljno pažnje u njegovim drugim delima: uspostavljanje dobrog poretka u iskvarenoj republici.In The Mandrake, Machiavelli uses the form of a comedic play to point at a way of establishing a constitution suitable for people who put their personal interest before the common good. In this paper we first present the play’s characters as champions of an age that is radically deprived of sense and purpose. In Ligurio’s plan to win over the beautiful but married Lucretia, we recover the guidelines for the peaceful creation of a new constitution within the shadows of the old political system which, debilitated and weak, offers no resistance. Finally, in this seemingly frivolous play, we uncover a pathway to a hidden revolution, accomplished by the statesman’s bravado and his advisor’s cunning. We conclude that in The Mandrake Machiavelli sketches up the scenario which never got sufficient attention in his other works: how to establish a good constitution within a corrupt republic