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Niccolo's Smile

Author : Maurizio Viroli
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780374528003
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Niccolo's Smile written by Maurizio Viroli and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-01-09 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid portrayal of the great Italian philosopher - now in paperback In Niccolò's Smile, Maurizio Viroli brings to life the fascinating writer who was the founder of modern political thought. Niccolò Machiavelli's works on the theory and practice of statecraft are classics, but Viroli sugggests that his greatest accomplishment is his robust philosophy of life -- his deep beliefs about how one should conduct oneself as a modern citizen in a republic, as a responsible family member, as a good person. On these subjects Machiavelli wrote no books: the text of his philosophy is his life itself, a life that was filled with paradox, uncertainty, and tragic drama.

Niccolò's Smile

Author : Maurizio Viroli
Publisher : I.B.Tauris
ISBN 13 : 9781850435303
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Niccolò's Smile written by Maurizio Viroli and published by I.B.Tauris. This book was released on 2001 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

How To Read Machiavelli

Author : Maurizio Viroli
Publisher : Granta Books
ISBN 13 : 1783781203
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (837 download)

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Download or read book How To Read Machiavelli written by Maurizio Viroli and published by Granta Books. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Men are infamous and detestable who are destroyers of religion, squanderers of kingdoms and republics, and enemies of the virtues.' Niccolo Machiavelli Machiavelli (1459-1527) is one of the most influential modern political thinkers. His works, above all The Prince, The Discourses on Livy, The Florentine Histories and The Art of War, are still passionately discussed and continue to give rise to new visions of political action. Against the trite commonplace that Machiavelli was a teacher of evil who justified political immorality, Maurizio Viroli shows that Machiavaelli was concerned instead with the best way to attain true glory through political action and that his works were inspired by a profound love of republican liberty. Extracts are taken from the whole corpus of Machiavelli's works, including his personal letters.

Machiavelli's God

Author : Maurizio Viroli
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069115449X
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Machiavelli's God written by Maurizio Viroli and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-05 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Machiavelli's Christianity shaped his political thought To many readers of The Prince, Machiavelli appears to be deeply un-Christian or even anti-Christian, a cynic who thinks rulers should use religion only to keep their subjects in check. But in Machiavelli's God, Maurizio Viroli, one of the world's leading authorities on Machiavelli, argues that Machiavelli, far from opposing Christianity, thought it was crucial to republican social and political renewal—but that first it needed to be renewed itself. And without understanding this, Viroli contends, it is impossible to comprehend Machiavelli's thought. Viroli places Machiavelli in the context of Florence's republican Christianity, which was founded on the idea that the true Christian is a citizen who serves the common good. In this tradition, God participates in human affairs, supports and rewards those who govern justly, and desires men to make the earthly city similar to the divine one. Building on this tradition, Machiavelli advocated a religion of virtue, and he believed that, without this faith, free republics could not be established, defend themselves against corruption, or survive. Viroli makes a powerful case that Machiavelli, far from being a pagan or atheist, was a prophet of a true religion of liberty, a way of moral and political living that would rediscover and pursue charity and justice. The translation of this work has been funded by SEPS—Segretariato Europeo per le Pubblicazioni Scientifiche.

The Art of Power

Author : Diego A. Von Vacano
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739121931
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (219 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Power written by Diego A. Von Vacano and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a challenge to traditional political theory, this work provides the interpretations of Machiavelli's oeuvre and of Nietzsche's relationship to politics.

Judging Nonviolence

Author : Manfred B. Steger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136062106
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Judging Nonviolence written by Manfred B. Steger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is an innovative and accessible work that introduces readers to the main arguments for and against the use of violence in politics. Indeed, the problem of political violence has acquired new salience in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks. Written by an experienced teacher and scholar of the subject, the book has been specially designed to engage readers by encouraging them to assume the role of impartial jurors in a simulated trial against nonviolence. This exciting participatory format allows readers to critical explore the main assumptions and myths that underpin various realist and idealist approaches to nonviolence. Key features of this text include: Coverage of the main idealist theories, traditions, methods and movements that favor non-violent political action Coverage of the main realist arguments against nonviolent strategies Examples of major nonviolent social and political movements from the early twentieth century to today

Niccolò Machiavelli

Author : Corrado Vivanti
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691196893
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Niccolò Machiavelli written by Corrado Vivanti and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Introduction to Medieval Europe 300-1500 provides a comprehensive survey of this complex and varied formative period of European history, covering themes as diverse as barbarian migrations, the impact of Christianization, the formation of nations and states, the emergence of an expansionist commercial economy, the growth of cities, the Crusades, the effects of plague, and the intellectual and cultural life of the Middle Ages. The book explores the driving forces behind the formation of medieval society and the directions in which it developed and changed. In doing this, the authors cover a wide geographic expanse, including Western interactions with the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic World."--Provided by publisher.

Politics, Patriotism and Language

Author : William J. Landon
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820472751
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (727 download)

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Download or read book Politics, Patriotism and Language written by William J. Landon and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2005 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Niccolò Machiavelli may not have been a cynical realist as he is often portrayed. On the contrary, this book argues that he precociously possessed the characteristics of an impassioned, sometimes misguided idealist, obsessed with the idea of Italian unification, but blinded to the practicalities of attaining that goal. William J. Landon suggests that these characteristics may help to explain his appeal to Italy's «Risorgimento» founders. This interdisciplinary volume, which also contains the first translation of a «Discourse or Dialogue Concerning our Language» since 1961, works well as a core text, or as a complement to courses in Renaissance history, literature or political science.

A Reader’s Companion to The Prince, Leviathan, and the Second Treatise

Author : John T. Bookman
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030028801
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book A Reader’s Companion to The Prince, Leviathan, and the Second Treatise written by John T. Bookman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Locke each sought a new foundation for political order. This book serves as a reader's companion to Machiavelli’s The Prince, Hobbes’s Leviathan, and Locke’s Second Treatise written for graduate students and scholars seeking a fuller understanding of these classic texts. How do these philosophers respond to perennial questions such as why anyone is ever obligated to obey a government and whether there are any limits to such an obligation. In this book, Bookman begins by sorting out the hermeneutical controversy between textualists and contextualists, offers a chapter-by-chapter commentary on the texts punctuated by questions for the reader’s reflection, and finally suggests a firmer foundation for a theory of political obligation than Hobbes’s and Locke’s consent theories. Also included are bibliographical essays keyed to select bibliographies, providing readers with a wide-ranging, critical review of the secondary literature. Intended to be read alongside the primary work, the work is a full intellectual, critical, and bibliographical history, as well as a fresh examination of three classic texts in political theory and philosophy.

The Unicorn Hunt

Author : Dorothy Dunnett
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307762432
Total Pages : 689 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Unicorn Hunt written by Dorothy Dunnett and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-08-11 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of the historical novel, presents The House of Niccolo series. The time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe. Among them, none is bolder or more cunning than Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges, the good-natured dyer's apprentice who schemes and swashbuckles his way to the helm of a mercantile empire. Scotland, 1468: a nation at the edge of Europe, a civilization on the threshold of the Modern Age. Merchants, musicians, politicians, and pageantry fill the court of King James III. In its midst, Nicholas seeks to avenge his bride's claim that she carries the bastard of his archenemy, Simon St. Pol. When she flees before Nicholas can determine whether or not the rumored child is his own—or exists at all—Nicholas gives chase. So begins the deadly game of cat and mouse that will lead him from the infested cisterns of Cairo to the misted canals of Venice at carnival. Breathlessly paced, sparkling with wit. The Unicorn Hunt confirms Dorothy Dunnett as the genre's finest practitioner.

American Machiavelli

Author : John Lamberton Harper
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107079616
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book American Machiavelli written by John Lamberton Harper and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander Hamilton rose from his humble beginnings as an illegitimate West Indian orphan and emigrant to become the premier statebuilder and strategic thinker of the American Founding generation. This is the first detailed narrative study of his foreign policy role and ideas to appear in more than thirty years. It focuses on Hamilton's controversial activities as a key member of President George Washington's cabinet and as an aspiring military leader in the 1790s, a decade of profound division over the shape and powers of the Federal government, and US policy toward the warring powers of Europe. Drawing parallels between Hamilton and the Florentine diplomatist and thinker, Niccolò Machiavelli, prize-winning historian John Lamberton Harper offers an insightful and accessible account of the origins of Hamilton's outlook, his bitterly personal rivalries with Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, and his indispensable part in designing and implementing US foreign policy.

Augustine and Politics

Author : John Doody
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739110096
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Augustine and Politics written by John Doody and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume take stock of recent scholarly developments and revisit old assumptions about the significance of Augustine of Hippo for political thought. They do so from many different perspectives, examining the anthropological and theological underpinnings of Augustine's thought, his critique of politics, his development of his own political thought, and some of the later manifestations or uses of his thought in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and today. This new vision is at once more bracing, more hopeful, and more diverse than earlier readings could have allowed.

Machiavelli

Author : Miles Unger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416556303
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Machiavelli written by Miles Unger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few philosophers are more often referred to and more often misunderstood than Machiavelli. He was truly a product of the Renaissance, and he was as much a revolutionary in the field of political philosophy as Leonardo or Michelangelo were in painting and sculpture. He watched his native Florence lose its independence to the French, thanks to poor leadership from the Medici successors to the great Lorenzo (Il Magnifico). Machiavelli was a keen observer of people, and he spent years studying events and people before writing his famous books. Descended from minor nobility, Machiavelli grew up in a household that was run by a vacillating and incompetent father. He was well educated and smart, and he entered government service as a clerk. He eventually became an important figure in the Florentine state but was defeated by the deposed Medici and Pope Julius II. He was tortured but eventually freed by the restored Medici. No longer employed, he retired to his home to write the books for which he is remembered. Machiavelli had seen the best and the worst of human nature, and he understood how the world operated. He drew his observations from life, and he was appropriately cynical in his writing, given what he had personally experienced. He was an outstanding writer, and his work remains fascinating nearly 500 years later.

The Discourses

Author : Niccolo Machiavelli
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141913185
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The Discourses written by Niccolo Machiavelli and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-11-28 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few figures in intellectual history have proved as notorious and ambiguous as Niccolò Machiavelli. But while his treatise The Prince made his name synonymous with autocratic ruthlessness and cynical manipulation, The Discourses (c.1517) shows a radically different outlook on the world of politics. In this carefully argued commentary on Livy’s history of republican Rome, Machiavelli proposed a system of government that would uphold civic freedom and security by instilling the virtues of active citizenship, and that would also encourage citizens to put the needs of the state above selfish, personal interests. Ambitious in scope, but also clear-eyed and pragmatic, The Discourses creates a modern theory of republic politics. Leslie J. Walker’s definitive translation has been revised by Brian Richardson and is accompanied by an introduction by Bernard Crick, which illuminates Machiavelli’s historical context and his new theories of politics. This edition also includes suggestions for further reading and notes.

Classical Debates for the 21st Century

Author : Thomas O. Hueglin
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9781551118475
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book Classical Debates for the 21st Century written by Thomas O. Hueglin and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reconsiders the canon of political thought in the context of current world events by presenting debates between the ideas of clasical theorists.

Uniting States

Author : Joseph M. Parent
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0199782199
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Uniting States written by Joseph M. Parent and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2011-09-26 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What causes a state to unify voluntarily with another state? If realists are right, voluntary union should never happen. In their view, states value their sovereignty above all else and would never give it up without a fight. Yet the United States and Switzerland are glaring exceptions to this paradigm. If liberals and constructivists are right, voluntary unions should be much more common and actually increasing in frequency. After all, classic determinants of integration such as international trade and communication are stronger than they have ever been. Yet the number of states in the world continues to climb, and the most favorable arena for unification, the European Union, seems to be hitting a glass ceiling. In Uniting States, Joseph Parent argues that unions are the balancing coalitions of last resort. Elites can weld separate states into a lasting union only when facing particularly serious threats. Drawing on five major historical cases of union--the United States, Switzerland, Sweden--Norway, Gran Colombia, and the European Union--Uniting States sheds new light on political polarization, state dissolution, federalism, and the possibility of uniting without fighting.

The Renaissance in Italy

Author : Kenneth Bartlett
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1624668208
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book The Renaissance in Italy written by Kenneth Bartlett and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Italian Renaissance has come to occupy an almost mythical place in the popular imagination. The outsized reputations of the best-known figures from the period—Michelangelo, Niccolo Machiavelli, Lorenzo the Magnificent, Pope Julius II, Isabella d'Este, and so many others—engender a kind of wonder. How could so many geniuses or exceptional characters be produced by one small territory near the extreme south of Europe at a moment when much of the rest of the continent still labored under the restrictions of the Middle Ages? How did so many of the driving principles behind Western civilization emerge during this period—and how were they defined and developed? And why is it that geniuses such as Leonardo, Raphael, Petrarch, Brunelleschi, Bramante, and Palladio all sustain their towering authority to this day? To answer these questions, Kenneth Bartlett delves into the lives and works of the artists, patrons, and intellectuals—the privileged, educated, influential elites—who created a rarefied world of power, money, and sophisticated talent in which individual curiosity and skill were prized above all else. The result is a dynamic, highly readable, copiously illustrated history of the Renaissance in Italy—and of the artists that gave birth to some of the most enduring ideas and artifacts of Western civilization.