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Marie Gaille |
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Machiavelli on Freedom and Civil Conflict, : An Historical and Medical Approach to Political Thinking |
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Leiden, ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2018 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (170 pages) |
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Collana |
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Thinking in extremes ; ; Volume 2 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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State, The |
Liberty |
Revolutions - Philosophy |
Political science - Italy - History - 16th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"This is a revised and translated edition of Conflit Civil et Liberte: la Politique Machiavelienne entre Histoire et Medecine, first published in French, in 2004 by Editions Honore Champion." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- 1 Describing Hot Societies -- 2 Tumult in the City: Neither to Abuse, Nor to Deride, but to Understand -- 3 On Institutions Favourable to Freedom: Machiavelli’s Use of Humoural Theory -- 4 Corruption and the Ethos of Freedom -- 5 Rome, Inimitable Paradigm -- 6 Machiavelli as a Mirror for Contemporary Democracy, or How to Ruminate on His Writings -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Machiavelli on Freedom and Civil Conflict: An Historical and Medical Approach to Political Thinking , Marie Gaille rethinks Machiavelli’s conception of civil conflict. In complete opposition to the common view of Machiavelli as a defender of tyranny, this analysis brings new elements to the forefront: the use of medical metaphors to describe the body politic, its historical lifespan and its institutional arrangement. This study is also based on a comprehensive approach to Machiavelli’s writings, including his most famous works, but also The History of Florence , his correspondence, and his political, military and diplomatic reports. This study allows Marie Gaille to propose an original |
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assessment of Machiavelli’s insights for contemporary conceptions of democracy. This is a revised and translated edition of Conflit Civil et Liberté: la Politique Machiavelienne entre Histoire et Médecine , first published in French, in 2004 by Éditions Honoré Champion. |
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