Ingratiation From the Renaissacb

Informationen zum Autor By Jeff Diamond Klappentext This study examines the ways in which intellectuals of the Renaissance period sought to win the patronage of the powerful while maintaining independence. It analyzes the ethical dilemmas involved and how these were reflected in the lives and writings of Niccolò Machiavelli, Desiderius Erasmus, Thomas More, and Michel de Montaigne. Zusammenfassung This study examines the ways in which intellectuals of the Renaissance period sought to win the patronage of the powerful while maintaining independence. It analyzes the ethical dilemmas involved and how these were reflected in the lives and writings of Niccolò Machiavelli, Desiderius Erasmus, Thomas More, and Michel de Montaigne. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: An Ingratiating WorldPart I: Background to the Renaissance Culture of IngratiationChapter 1: Rhetoric and Philosophy in the Renaissance: Speaking Well Versus Speaking TrulyChapter 2: Relations of Power in Renaissance Society: Humanists and PatronsPart II: IndividualsChapter 3: Niccolò Machiavelli: A Conflicted Conception of ManhoodChapter 4: Desiderius Erasmus: An Accommodating SpiritChapter 5: Thomas More: Ingratiation and its LimitsChapter 6: Michel de Montaigne: "Self"-PreservationConclusion: From the Renaissance to the Modern World

Product details

• Authors: Jeff Diamond
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2017
• EAN: 9781498548892
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4889-2
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, European history: Renaissance, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance