Machiavelli and empire / Mikael Hörnqvist.
Machiavelli and empire / Mikael Hörnqvist.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Date
2004.
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N320.1/ 192
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
On the use of Machiavelli's texts -- 1. Another philosophy -- 2. The republic's two ends -- 3. The natural desire of states -- 4. To destroy them or to live there -- 5. The triumphator -- 6. Rhetoric of hope and despair -- 7. Sublunar writing -- Conclusion : cui bono?
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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England
Date Published
2004.
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"Mikael Hornquist challenges us to rethink the overall meaning and importance of Machiavelli's political thinking. Machiavelli and Empire combines close textual analysis of The Prince and The Discourses with a broad historical approach, to establish the importance of empire-building and imperial strategy in Machiavelli's thought. This book makes a...
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Machiavelli and empire / Mikael Hörnqvist.
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Ideas in context ; 71.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N320.1/ 192
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74VKPJZGDWyM
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0521839459
9780521839457
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320.1
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991019578569702626
