Summary:

This is a major new scholarly biography of Machiavelli, the first for
thirty years. Niccolo di Bernardo Machiavelli is not only one of the
most fascinating figures of the Italian Renaissance, an outstanding
author and statesman, he is also indisputably one of the most
influential of political theorists, whose fundamental contribution to
politics remains astonishingly pertinent to us today. His life was
dramatic to the extreme. He achieved notable heights of success as
defense secretary and a diplomat. He reformed the Florentine
military, replacing mercenary armies with citizens' militia. But his
fall from grace was nearly as swift as his rise. Unlike many
revolutionary thinkers (Hume, Hobbes, Locke, Burke, Marx) he
developed his theories amid the turmoil of his world. His philosophy
is thus based on the practical if sordid world he witnessed. The
purpose of "The Prince" continues to be contentiously debated. It
explores themes which still resonate more than four centuries later:
politics and morality, politics as conflict, politics and warfare,
corruption and civic stability and the purpose of power, religion,
liberty and politics in general. All this is also part of Paul
Oppenheimer's compelling account.

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Dewey Class: 320 -- Political science

Book Details:

Physical Description: 368 pages
Edition Info: Hardcover; 2011-12-22

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