Cambridge Companion to Machiavelli

Informationen zum Autor John M. Najemy is Professor of History at Cornell University. Klappentext A vivid portrait of this extraordinary thinker! assessing his place in Western thought since the Renaissance. Zusammenfassung The Cambridge Companion to Machiavelli brings together sixteen original essays by leading experts! covering his life! his career in Florentine government! his reaction to the dramatic changes that affected Florence and Italy in his lifetime! and the most prominent themes of his thought. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronology; Introduction John M. Najemy; 1. Niccolò Machiavelli: a portrait James B. Atkinson; 2. Machiavelli in the Chancery Robert Black; 3. Machiavelli, Piero Soderini, and the Republic of 1494-1512 Roslyn Pesman; 4. Machiavelli and the Medici Humfrey Butters; 5. Machiavelli's Prince in the epic tradition Wayne A. Rebhorn; 6. Society, class, and state in Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy John M. Najemy; 7. Machiavelli's military project and the Art of War Mikael Hörnqvist; 8. Machiavelli's History of Florence Anna Maria Cabrini; 9. Machiavelli and Rome: the Republic as ideal and as history J. G. A. Pocock; 10. Philosophy and religion in Machiavelli Alison Brown; 11. Rhetoric and ethics in Machiavelli Virginia Cox; 12. Machiavelli and poetry Albert Russell Ascoli and Angela Matilde Capodivacca; 13. Comedian, tragedian: Machiavelli and traditions of Renaissance theatre Ronald Martinez; 14. Machiavelli and gender Barbara Spackman; 15. Machiavelli's afterlife and reputation to the eighteenth century Victoria Kahn; 16. Machiavelli in political thought from the Age of Revolutions to the present Jérémie Barthas; Index.

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• Authors: John M. Najemy, John M. (Cornell University Najemy, John M. (Professor of History Najemy, NAJEMY JOHN M PROFESSOR OF HIST
• Assisted by: John M. Najemy (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521861250
• ISBN: 978-0-521-86125-0
• No. of pages: 306
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Litera; Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Philosophy, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Politics & government, Literature & literary studies, Literary studies: general, Political science and theory, Literary studies: plays & playwrights