On Niccol Machiavelli: The Bonds of Politics Pedull Gabriele
Five hundred years after his death, Niccol Machiavelli still draws an astonishing range of contradictory characterizations. Was he a friend of tyrants? An ardent republican loyal to Florence's free…
Specifikacia On Niccol Machiavelli: The Bonds of Politics Pedull Gabriele
Five hundred years after his death, Niccol Machiavelli still draws an astonishing range of contradictory characterizations. Was he a friend of tyrants? An ardent republican loyal to Florence's free institutions? The father of political realism? A revolutionary populist? A calculating rationalist? A Renaissance humanist? A prophet of Italian unification? A theorist of mixed government? A forerunner to authoritarianism? The master of the dark arts of intrigue?This book provides a vivid and engaging introduction to Machiavelli's life and works that sheds new light on his originality and relevance. Gabriele Pedull--a leading Italian expert and acclaimed writer--offers fresh readings of the Florentine thinker's most famous writings, The Prince and the Discourses on Livy, as well as lesser-known texts. A new and often surprising Machiavelli emerges: one closer to his
The Prince Niccol? Machiavelli
On the Shores of Politics
Thoughts on Machiavelli
Bonds of Brass