Politics, patriotism and language : Niccolò Machiavelli's "secular patria" and the creation of an Italian national identity / William J. Landon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Landon, William J., 1974-

Series:

Studies in modern European history ; v. 57.

Studies in modern European history ; vol. 57

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.

Machiavelli, Niccolò.

Nationalism--Italy--History.

Nationalism.

Political science--Italy--Philosophy--History--To 1500.

Political science.

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. Principe.

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio.

Machiavelli, Niccolò.

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. Discorso o dialogo intorno alla nostra lingua.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 300 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, c2005.

Language Note:

Includes new English translation of: Discorso o dialogo intorno alla nostra lingua.

Summary:

"Niccolo Machiavelli may not have been a cynical realist as he is often portrayed. On the contrary, this book argues that he precociously possessed the characteristics of an impassioned, sometimes misguided idealist, obsessed with the idea of Italian unification, but blinded to the practicalities of attaining that goal. William J. Landon suggests that these characteristics may help to explain his appeal to Italy's "Risorgimento" founders. This interdisciplinary volume, which also contains the first translation of a "Discourse or Dialogue Concerning our Language" since 1961, works well as a core text, or as a complement to courses in Renaissance history, literature or political science."--Jacket.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Patria in the context of Niccolo Machiavelli's Il Principe and the Discorsi

Ch. 2. Machiavelli's Secular Patria : his sources, a contemporary's view and the call for Italian unification

Ch. 3. The secretary and the citizen army : theory and practice

Ch. 4. Machiavelli's road to exile

Ch. 5. Niccolo Machiavelli, author of the Discorso o dialogo intorno alla nostra lingua?

Ch. 6. The date of the Dialogo and of Machiavelli's Exhortatio in Il Principe

Ch. 7. A new translation of the Discorso o dialogo intorno alla nostra lingua

App. 1. Supplement to chapter one : occurrences of Patria in Machiavelli's Il Principe and the Discorsi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-293) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Contains:

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. Discorso o dialogo intorno alla nostra lingua. English

ISBN:

0-8204-8105-X