Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction
(Sprache: Englisch)
Quentin Skinner introduces Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine diplomat, politician, and the writer known for that most infamous Early Modern work, The Prince. He explores Machiavelli's theory of princely virtu, tracing its roots in ancient historians and...
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Quentin Skinner introduces Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine diplomat, politician, and the writer known for that most infamous Early Modern work, The Prince. He explores Machiavelli's theory of princely virtu, tracing its roots in ancient historians and moralists, and considering its influence on contemporary politics.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction “
Introduction; 1 The Diplomat; 2 The Adviser to Princes; 3 The Theorist of Liberty; 4 The Historian of Florence; Further reading; Index
Autoren-Porträt von Quentin Skinner
Quentin Skinner was born in 1940 and educated at Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, where he is now an Honorary Fellow. Between 1974 and 1979 he was a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, before returning to Cambridge as Professor of Political Science. He was appointed Regius Professor of History at Cambridge in 1996, a post he held until he moved to Queen Mary University of London in 2008. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a foreign member of many other national academies, including the Academia Europea. He is the author of a number of books, including The Foundations of Political Thought (Cambridge, 1978), and From Humanism to Hobbes: studies in rhetoric and politics (Cambridge, 2018), and his scholarship has won him many awards, such as the Isaiah Berlin Prize, The Wolfson History Prize, and two awards from the American Political Science Association.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Quentin Skinner
- 144 Seiten, Maße: 11 x 17,2 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
- ISBN-10: 0198837577
- ISBN-13: 9780198837572
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2019
Sprache:
Englisch
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