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Publishing the Prince : History, Reading, and the Birth of Political Criticism.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cultures of Knowledge in the Early Modern World SeriesPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (217 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780472025282
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Publishing the PrinceDDC classification:
  • 320.1
LOC classification:
  • JA83
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: An in-depth look at how Renaissance reading practices set the basis for Enlightenment political criticism.
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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.

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

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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.

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