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Zusatztext An outstanding guide to the most fascinating and thought-provoking work written by Machiavelli. Vatter not only masters the most authoritative international scholarship on the Florentine Secretary, but offers very insightful and innovative interpretations of crucial problems of Machiavelli’s political thought. In an illuminating way, he succeeds in reading Machiavelli’s conceptualizations against the background of the Western philosophical tradition, ranging from Plato to Cicero, from Aristotle to Lucretius. Informationen zum Autor Miguel Vatter is Professor of Politics in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He has written extensively on Machiavelli, republicanism, biopolitics, and political theology. Klappentext Provides a clear and thorough account of this key philosophical work! setting Machiavelli's text in its historical and philosophical context. The guide offers a detailed review of the key themes (Epistemological! Political! Ethical and Historical) and a lucid commentary that will enable readers to rapidly navigate the text. Vorwort A reader's guide to a key text in Political Philosophy and Political Theory. Zusammenfassung Provides a clear and thorough account of this key philosophical work, setting Machiavelli's text in its historical and philosophical context. The guide offers a detailed review of the key themes (Epistemological, Political, Ethical and Historical) and a lucid commentary that will enable readers to rapidly navigate the text. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsAbbreviations to the Works of Machiavelli1. Context: The Renaissance and the Machiavellian “Moment”2. Overview: The Prince as a Work of Rhetoric and of Philosophy 3. The Seduction of a Prince: Dedication. 4. Acquiring State: chapters 1-6.5. Securing Society: chapters 7-10.6. Arming the People: chapters 11-14. 7. The New Prince Goes through the Looking Glass: chapters 15-23.8. Disarming Fortune and the Arming of Heaven: chapters 24-26.9. Reception and InfluenceNotesNotes for Further Reading Selective BibliographyIndex...
