On Machiavelli - The Search for Glory

For his insistence on the amoral character of successful government, Machiavelli remains a contentious figure. Often reviled as a teacher of evil, Machiavelli's influence on the modern state is explored in this book.

In On Machiavelli, Alan Ryan illuminates the political and philosophical complexities of the godfather of realpolitik. Often outraging popular opinion, Machiavelli eschewed the world as it ought to be in favour of a forthright appraisal of the one that is. Thought by some to be the founder of Italian nationalism, regarded by others to be a reviver of the Roman Republic, Machiavelli has suffered from being taken out of context. Placing him squareley in his own time, this essential, comprehensive and accessible guide to Machiavelli's life and works includes a new introduction by Ryan.

About the author

Alan Ryan, after decades at Princeton University, was warden of New College, University of Oxford, where he was a professor of political theory. He is the author of John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism and Bertrand Russell: A Political Life, among other works.

Summary

Based on On Politics, Alan Ryan's "monumental new history of political philosophy" (The Economist).

Product details

• Authors: Alan Ryan, Alan Ryan, Alan (Princeton University) Ryan
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.08.2015
• EAN: 9781631490583
• ISBN: 978-1-63149-058-3
• Dimensions: 118 mm x 187 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Liveright; Liveright Classics; Liveright; Liveright Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Italian, Political science and theory, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy