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bz60cv46x8q	Max Smith	Machiavelli's Conflictual Republic	2023		.txt	text/plain	151	6	27	I argue that his theory offers a uniquely valuable set of tools for thinking about conflict in democratic political life. Specifically, his distinction between productive public conflicts and destructive private partisan conflicts alongside his account of the causes and consequences of both can help us think through our own preoccupations with questions of difference, disagreement, and partisanship in democratic political life.	cache/bz60cv46x8q.txt	txt/bz60cv46x8q.txt