Machiavelli - A Beginner''s Guide

Zusatztext "A worthy contribution to Machiavelli studies. Drawing upon rich biographical material and a wide array of primary sources! Nederman persuasively illuminates the power and complexity of the Florentine’s political thought." Informationen zum Autor Cary J. Nederman is professor of political science at Texas A&M University. He is the author of over twenty books on the history of Western political thought. Klappentext Machiavelli has been among the most commented upon, criticized and feared thinkers of the modern world. Infamous for his support of brutality and repression as valid political instruments, he is often portrayed as the pantomime villain of political theorists. In this whirlwind tour of Machiavelli¿s writings and eventful life, Nederman highlights the complexities in his thought, showing that he actually advocated democracy as much as dictatorship, debate as much as violence, depending upon prevailing political conditions. Zusammenfassung Machiavelli was infamous for his support of brutality and repression as valid political instruments. This book highlights the complexities in his thought, highlighting that he advocated democracy as much as dictatorship, debate as much as violence, depending upon prevailing political conditions.

Product details

• Authors: Cary J Nederman, Cary J. Nederman, Nederman Cary J.
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.01.2009
• EAN: 9781851686391
• ISBN: 978-1-85168-639-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Beginner's Guides; Beginner's Guides; Beginner's Guides (Oneworld)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / General, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy