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Published by Grove Press 2013-07-09, 2013
ISBN 10: 0802121497ISBN 13: 9780802121493
Seller: Chiron Media, Wallingford, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: New.
Published by New York: Grove Press. 09.07.2013., 2013
ISBN 10: 0802120741ISBN 13: 9780802120748
Seller: Fundus-Online GbR Borkert Schwarz Zerfaß, Berlin, Germany
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Condition: Gut. VIII, 270 Seiten / p. sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - Few books in the history of the world have had a stronger, more lasting, or more errant impact than Machiavelli s The Prince. One of its first Interpreters, French theologian Innocent Gentillet called it "a courtier s Koran." A copy was found in Napoleons abandoned coach at Waterloo, and Hitler was said to keep a copy at his bedside. Over the centuries, the ideal ruler as outlined by Machiavelli has mostly been seen as a ruthless, immoral tyrant, but in this fascinating examination of the author and his work, scholar and statesman Philip Bobbitt argues that this is a misunderstanding stemming from mistranslations, political agendas, and readers often overlooking an earlier volume by Machiavelli called Discourses on Livy. -- In The Garments of Court and Palace, Bobbitt debunks the myths surrounding The Prince and explains that Machiavelli s argument was about the need to distinguish between a ruler s personal and governing ethos. As a constitutional scholar and political philosopher with a deep personal knowledge of governance, Bobbitt is uniquely qualified to explain both Machiavelli s ideas and their relevance to the complicated political Situation of his day. Rather than a "mirror book" advising rulers, The Prince prophesied the end of the feudal era and the birth of the neoclassical state. Using both Renaissance examples and cases drawn from the current era, Bobbitt shows Machiavelli s work is both profoundly moral and inherently constitutional, a turning point in our under-standing of the relation between war, law, and the state. ISBN 9780802120748 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 383 13,3 x 2,5 x 20,3 cm, Originalhardcover mit Schutzumschlag / with dust jacket.