Machiavelli /

Machiavelli is history's most startling political commentator. Recent interpreters have minimised his originality, but this book restores his radicalism. Robert Black shows a clear development in Machiavelli's thought. In his most subversive works The Prince, the Discourses on Livy, The As...

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Main Author: Black, Robert, 1946-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2013.
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Summary:Machiavelli is history's most startling political commentator. Recent interpreters have minimised his originality, but this book restores his radicalism. Robert Black shows a clear development in Machiavelli's thought. In his most subversive works The Prince, the Discourses on Livy, The Ass and Mandragola he rejected the moral and political values inherited by the Renaissance from antiquity and the middle ages. These outrageous compositions were all written in mid-life, when Machiavelli was a political outcast in his native Florence.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (405 pages)
ISBN:9781317699576 (electronic bk.)
1317699572 (electronic bk.)