On Niccolò Machiavelli : the bonds of politics / Gabriele Pedullà.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pedullà, Gabriele, author.

Series:

Core Knowledge

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.

Machiavelli, Niccolò.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Gabriele Pedullà-a leading Italian expert and acclaimed writer-provides a vivid and engaging introduction to Machiavelli's life and works that sheds new light on his originality and relevance.

Contents:

Intro

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface: The Thinker of a Thousand Faces

1. From Humanism to Politics

Paradise Lost

Revolution!

The Constant Reading of Ancient Things

The Sustained Experience of Modern Things

2. The People's Prince

Illusion, Foundations, and Flux

The Prince as a "Mirror"

The Prince as a "Counsel"

Instrumental Virtues

The Art of Bonds

3. In the Garden with the Romans

What If? Learning from the Past's Futures

The Discourses on Livy and the "Discourse Form"

Constitutional Engineering

In the Footsteps of Dionysius

Positive Conflicts (and Other Brilliant Ideas)

How Republics Die

Civic Religion: The Ancients and the Moderns

How Republics Survive

4. Comeback Kid

Politics, Again

Florence on the Stage: The Mandrake

The Invention of Tactics: The Art of War

Political Theory by Other Means: The Florentine Histories

5. Beyond

A Contested Legacy (1523-1539)

Condemnations and Adaptations (1540-1815)

In the Mirror of the French Revolution (1816-1945)

In the Mirror of the Weimar Republic (1946-Today)

Chronology

Further Readings

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Pedullà, Gabriele On Niccolò Machiavelli

ISBN:

9780231556057

0231556055

OCLC:

1395181272