"This book asks how people understood the concept of politics in sixteenth-century France, and how those who practised it were characterised. Both concept and practitioners were referred to by the same word, politique. I trace written uses of this word as a means of studying shifts in the meani...

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1. Verfasser:	Claussen, Emma (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge ; New York ; Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore Cambridge University Press 2021
Schriftenreihe:	Ideas in context
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1500-1600 Politik Frankreich Political science / France / History / 16th century Political science / France / Philosophy Hochschulschrift
Zusammenfassung:	"This book asks how people understood the concept of politics in sixteenth-century France, and how those who practised it were characterised. Both concept and practitioners were referred to by the same word, politique. I trace written uses of this word as a means of studying shifts in the meaning of the concept and the figure. As much as this is a conceptual history, therefore, it is a textual, and indeed, a literary one. Part of the book's argument is that sixteenth-century literary ideas and processes influenced developments in political thought and practice. It also argues that the word politique and the idea of politics hold a specific place in the literature of the period. The book is about the representation of politics and political actors in writing, the writing of politics, and writing as politics. It treats a diverse corpus, including polemical pamphlets, texts of high political thought, and works more associated with the literary canon such as Montaigne's Essais and the Satyre ménippée"--
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	xx, 282 Seiten
ISBN:	9781108844178 9781108928335