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On Machiavelli: The Search for Glory
Alan Ryan
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Description for On Machiavelli: The Search for Glory
Paperback. An essential, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the life and works of Machiavelli. Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 116 x 184 x 14. Weight in Grams: 124.
For his insistence on the amoral character of successful government, Machiavelli remains a contentious figure. Often reviled as a teacher of evil, Machiavelli’s influence on the modern state is explored in this book.
In On Machiavelli, Alan Ryan illuminates the political and philosophical complexities of the godfather of realpolitik. Often outraging popular opinion, Machiavelli eschewed the world as it ought to be in favour of a forthright appraisal of the one that is. Thought by some to be the founder of Italian nationalism, regarded by others to be a reviver of the Roman Republic, Machiavelli has suffered from being taken ... Read more
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Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Liveright Classics
Condition
New
Weight
123g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781631490583
SKU
V9781631490583
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About Alan Ryan
Alan Ryan, after decades at Princeton University, was warden of New College, University of Oxford, where he was a professor of political theory. He is the author of John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism and Bertrand Russell: A Political Life, among other works.
Reviews for On Machiavelli: The Search for Glory
"A brief and pithy summary of the contributions of Niccolo Machiavelli... a teaching resource as well as a concise and readable introduction to its subject." "Alan Ryan captures Machiavelli's hold on the modern moral imagination... We are still drawn to Machiavelli because we sense how impatient he was with the equivalent flummery in his own day, and how determined he ... Read more