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. Ed(S): Biasiori, Lucio; Marcocci, Giuseppe - Machiavelli, Islam and the East - 9783319539485 - V9783319539485
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Machiavelli, Islam and the East

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Description for Machiavelli, Islam and the East Hardback. Editor(s): Biasiori, Lucio; Marcocci, Giuseppe. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .

This volume provides the first survey of the unexplored connections between Machiavelli’s work and the Islamic world, running from the Arabic roots of The Prince to its first translations into Ottoman Turkish and Arabic. It investigates comparative descriptions of non-European peoples, Renaissance representations of Muḥammad and the Ottoman military discipline, a Jesuit treatise in Persian for a Mughal emperor, peculiar readers from Brazil to India, and the parallel lives of Machiavelli and the bureaucrat Celālzāde Muṣṭafá. Ten distinguished scholars analyse the backgrounds, circulation and reception of Machiavelli’s writings, focusing on many aspects of the mutual exchange of political theories and ... Read more

 

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319539485
SKU
V9783319539485
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About . Ed(S): Biasiori, Lucio; Marcocci, Giuseppe
Lucio Biasiori is Balzan Prize Post-Doc Fellow at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy. His research encompasses the cultural and religious history of early modern Europe. His last book is Nello scrittoio di Machiavelli. Il Principe e la Ciropedia di Senofonte (2017).  Giuseppe Marcocci is Associate Professor in Iberian History (European and Extra-European, 1450-1800) at the University ... Read more

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