LEADER 03717nam 22006371 450 001 9910816319103321 005 20210514234921.0 010 $a1-4008-4842-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400848423 035 $a(CKB)2670000000427301 035 $a(EBL)1329784 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001000568 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12431803 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001000568 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10951245 035 $a(PQKB)10936243 035 $a(OCoLC)966768992 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse54653 035 $a(DE-B1597)474171 035 $a(OCoLC)979742384 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400848423 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1329784 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10768865 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL521939 035 $a(OCoLC)867926106 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1329784 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000427301 100 $a20130815h20132014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRedeeming "The prince" $ethe meaning of Machiavelli's masterpiece /$fMaurizio Viroli 205 $aCourse Book 210 1$aPrinceton, New Jersey :$cPrinceton University Press,$d[2013] 210 4$d©2014 215 $a1 online resource (207 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-16859-8 311 $a0-691-16001-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tFigures --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$tChapter One. The Prince as a Redeemer --$tChapter Two. A Realist with Imagination --$tChapter Three. A Great Oration --$tChapter Four. A Prophet of Emancipation --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aIn Redeeming "The Prince," one of the world's leading Machiavelli scholars puts forth a startling new interpretation of arguably the most influential but widely misunderstood book in the Western political tradition. Overturning popular misconceptions and challenging scholarly consensus, Maurizio Viroli also provides a fresh introduction to the work. Seen from this original perspective, five centuries after its composition, The Prince offers new insights into the nature and possibilities of political liberation. Rather than a bible of unscrupulous politics, The Prince, Viroli argues, is actually about political redemption--a book motivated by Machiavelli's patriotic desire to see a new founding for Italy. Written in the form of an oration, following the rules of classical rhetoric, the book condenses its main message in the final section, "Exhortation to liberate Italy from the Barbarians." There Machiavelli creates the myth of a redeemer, an ideal ruler who ushers in an era of peace, freedom, and unity. Contrary to scholars who maintain that the exhortation was added later, Viroli proves that Machiavelli composed it along with the rest of the text, completing the whole by December 1513 or early 1514. Only if we read The Prince as a theory of political redemption, Viroli contends, can we at last understand, and properly evaluate, the book's most controversial pages on political morality, as well as put to rest the cliché of Machiavelli as a "Machiavellian." Bold, clear, and provocative, Redeeming "The Prince" should permanently change how Machiavelli and his masterpiece are understood. 606 $aPolitical science 615 0$aPolitical science. 676 $a320.1 686 $aPOL010000$aHIS020000$aHIS037090$aPHI019000$2bisacsh 700 $aViroli$b Maurizio$0122376 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816319103321 996 $aRedeeming "The prince"$94018083 997 $aUNINA