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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820587203321

Autore

Soll Jacob <1968->

Titolo

Publishing The prince : history, reading, & the birth of political criticism / / Jacob Soll

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2005

ISBN

1-282-55606-1

9786612556067

0-472-02528-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 pages)

Disciplina

320.1

Soggetti

Political science - History

Political science - Philosophy

Europe Intellectual life 18th century

Europe Intellectual life 17th century

Europe History 18th century

Europe History 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-195) and index.

"Catalog of works by Abraham-Nicolas Amelot de La Houssaye": p. 171-175.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- 1. Political Theory as Textual Criticism -- 2. How to Teach Kings to Read History: Humanist Culture and the Disenchantment of Absolutist Power -- 3. Political Power in the Archives: From Reason of State to Critical History -- 4. In the Workshop of Politics: Amelot de La Houssaye and the Methods of Unmasking Venice -- 5. How to Read a Subversive: Decoding Reason of State of the Self -- 6. The Machiavellian Reformation: Critical Technologies of Reading and the Culture of Personal Prudence -- 7. An Enlightened Prince Reads Machiavelli, and a Philosophe Publishes The Prince -- Notes -- Catalog of Works by Abraham-Nicolas Amelot de La Houssaye -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

An in-depth look at how Renaissance reading practices set the basis for Enlightenment political criticism.