On Niccolò Machiavelli: The Bonds of Politics

Five hundred years after his death, Niccolò Machiavelli still draws an astonishing range of contradictory characterizations. Was...
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Author: Gabriele Pedullà
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On Niccolò Machiavelli: The Bonds of Politics by Pedullà, Gabriele

On Niccolò Machiavelli: The Bonds of Politics

$33.85

On Niccolò Machiavelli: The Bonds of Politics

$33.85
Author: Gabriele Pedullà
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Five hundred years after his death, Niccolò Machiavelli still draws an astonishing range of contradictory characterizations. Was he a friend of tyrants? An ardent republican loyal to Florence's free institutions? The father of political realism? A revolutionary populist? A calculating rationalist? A Renaissance humanist? A prophet of Italian unification? A theorist of mixed government? A forerunner to authoritarianism? The master of the dark arts of intrigue?

This book provides a vivid and engaging introduction to Machiavelli's life and works that sheds new light on his originality and relevance. Gabriele Pedullà--a leading Italian expert and acclaimed writer--offers fresh readings of the Florentine thinker's most famous writings, The Prince and the Discourses on Livy, as well as lesser-known texts. A new and often surprising Machiavelli emerges: one closer to his time but also better suited to inform our own. Pedullà's portrait of Machiavelli highlights his close attention to social and emotional bonds, staunch opposition to oligarchy, keen awareness of the economic side of power dynamics, and strong preference for history over philosophy as a guide for leaders.

This book recovers the excitement Machiavelli roused in his first readers for a twenty-first-century audience, capturing his capacity to provoke, both then and now, with unconventional ideas and startling insights.

Author: Gabriele Pedullà
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 10/17/2023
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780231205559

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