Machiavelli's Art of Politics.

Intro -- Machiavelli's Art of Politics -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1: Machiavelli's Background -- 1.1 Machiavellism -- 1.2 Why Xenophon Matters -- 1.3 Advising the Ruler -- 1.4 In Search of Virtue -- 2: Machiavelli's Ruler -- 2.1 Against Augustinianism -- 2.2 Politics and Morals -- 2.3 The Political Artist -- 3: Machiavelli's Republic -- 3.1 Imperium et Libertas -- 3.2 The Prince or the Discourses? -- 3.3 Liberty and the Laws -- 3.4 Imperialism and Violence -- 4: Machiavelli's Legacy -- 4.1 Strauss: Machiavelli as the Root of Tyranny -- 4.2 Voegelin: Machiavelli in His Context -- 4.3 Viroli: Machiavelli's Civic and Religious Reformation -- Appendix 1 The Prince (Selections) -- Appendix 2 Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius (Selections) 114 -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index of Names.

In Machiavelli's Art of Politics Alejandro Bárcenas offers a reexamination of Niccolò Machiavelli's political thought in order to propose a concise and historically accurate portrayal of his ideas and intellectual context.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.