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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Viroli, Maurizio. Machiavelli. New York : Oxford University Press, 1998 (DLC) 97051509 (OCoLC)38125995 |
| Named Person: | Niccolò Machiavelli; Niccolo Machiavelli |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Maurizio Viroli |
| ISBN: | 9780191583148 0191583146 0585134952 9780585134956 |
| OCLC Number: | 43476814 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 247 p.) |
| Contents: | 1. Machiavelli's Philosophy of Life. From the Angle of Poverty and Hardship. The Miseries of the Human Condition. Man and Cosmos. A Political God. Irony, Love, and the Variety of the World. Magnanimity and the Pursuit of Glory. The Tree of Politics -- 2. The Art of the State. Politics as Civil Wisdom. The Limits of Civil Wisdom. Machiavelli's Critique of Classical Politics. The Critique of the Medicean Art of the State. The Methods of the Art of the State -- 3. The Power of Words. The Tradition of Political Rhetoric and the Rhetorical Structure of The Prince. The Rhetorical Power of History. The Ambivalent Power of Rhetoric -- 4. The Theory of the Republic. Republicanism before Machiavelli. Machiavelli's Theory of the Well-Ordered Republic. Political Corruption and its Remedies. Redemptive Politics -- 5. The Passion of Liberty. The Tradition of Republican Patriotism. Machiavelli's Patriotism. |
| Series Title: | Founders of modern political and social thought. |
| Responsibility: | Maurizio Viroli. |
Abstract:
This volume presents a critical examination of Machiavelli's thought, challenging accepted interpretations of his work and arguing that his republicanism was based on the ideal of civic life protected by the shield of fair laws.
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