Machiavelli: from radical to reactionary

'Machiavellian' can signify duplicity and amorality in politics, but Machiavelli himself is far more complex than this cliché. A high-ranking Florentine government official and prolific writer of hugely influential political, military and historical works, Machiavelli was also a vernacular...

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1. Verfasser: Black, Robert 1946- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Reaktion Books 2022
Schriftenreihe:Renaissance lives
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Zusammenfassung:'Machiavellian' can signify duplicity and amorality in politics, but Machiavelli himself is far more complex than this cliché. A high-ranking Florentine government official and prolific writer of hugely influential political, military and historical works, Machiavelli was also a vernacular poet, first-rank dramatist and religious radical, rejecting not only the contemporary Catholic Church but Christianity itself. From champion of Florentine popular republicanism to political radical to conservative, Robert Black explores the many faces of the man described as the father of modern political philosophy and political science. --
Beschreibung:255 Seiten Illustrationen, Porträts 23 cm
ISBN:9781789146158

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