Machiavelli's Virtue Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Machiavelli's Virtue Book

Machiavelli's Virtue : Hardback : The University of Chicago Press : 9780226503684 : 0226503682 : 15 Apr 1996 : This volume considers Machiavelli as a founder of modern politics. The author analyzes Machiavelli's concept of virtue and explores the relevance of sects in his politics, his endorsement of indirect government, and the nonrepublican character of his thought.Read More

from£N/A | RRP: £29.00
* Excludes Voucher Code Discount Also available Used from £N/A
  • Product Description

    Uniting thirty years of authoritative scholarship by a master of textual detail, Machiavelli's Virtue is a comprehensive statement on the founder of modern politics. Harvey Mansfield reveals the role of sects in Machiavelli's politics, his advice on how to rule indirectly, and the ultimately partisan character of his project, and shows him to be the founder of such modern and diverse institutions as the impersonal state and the energetic executive. Accessible and elegant, this groundbreaking interpretation explains the puzzles and reveals the ambition of Machiavelli's thought.

    "The book brings together essays that have mapped [Mansfield's] paths of reflection over the past thirty years. . . . The ground, one would think, is ancient and familiar, but Mansfield manages to draw out some understandings, or recognitions, jarringly new."--Hadley Arkes, New Criterion

    "Mansfield's book more than rewards the close reading it demands."--Colin Walters, Washington Times

    "[A] masterly new book on the Renaissance courtier, statesman and political philosopher. . . . Mansfield seeks to rescue Machiavelli from liberalism's anodyne rehabilitation."--Roger Kimball, The Wall Street Journal

  • 0226503682
  • 9780226503684
  • HC Mansfield
  • 11 April 1996
  • Chicago University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 460
  • 2nd
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. If you click through any of the links below and make a purchase we may earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Click here to learn more.

Would you like your name to appear with the review?

We will post your book review within a day or so as long as it meets our guidelines and terms and conditions. All reviews submitted become the licensed property of www.find-book.co.uk as written in our terms and conditions. None of your personal details will be passed on to any other third party.

All form fields are required.