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Machiavelli

Author: Maurizio Viroli
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Series: Founders of modern political and social thought.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This book presents a critical examination of Machiavelli's thought, combining an accessible, historically-informed account of his work with a reassessment of his central ideas and arguments. Viroli challenges the accepted interpretations of Machiavelli's work, insisting that his republicanism was based not on a commitment to virtue, greatness, and expansion, but to the ideal of civic life protected by the shield of  Read more...
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Named Person: Niccolò Machiavelli; Niccolò Machiavelli; Niccolò Machiavelli
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Maurizio Viroli
ISBN: 0198780885 9780198780885 0198780893 9780198780892
OCLC Number: 38125995
Description: xi, 247 p. ; 25 cm.
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.
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This volume in the "Founders in Modern Political and Social Thought" series presents a critical examination of Machiavelli's thought, challenging accepted interpretations of his work and arguing that  Read more...

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