Alessandro Campi

Machiavelli and Political Conspiracies

The Struggle for Power in the Italian Renaissance

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is divided into two parts. The first consists of a long introductory essay which summarizes and critically analyzes the Machiavellian interpretation of conspiracies. The second part is represented by an anthology of writings by Machiavelli, and includes the three most important texts in which he touches on the theme.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9781032095127
• ISBN-10: 1032095121
• Artikelnr.: 62150049

Autorenporträt

Alessandro Campi is Professor of Political Science at the University of Perugia, Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Machiavelli and Political Conspiracies Alessandro Campi
Introduction: Machiavelli, Theorist of Conspiracies 1. Luctus
publicus/Salus publica: Bloodbath in Florence 2. From Magione to
Senigallia: False Conspiracy, Double Conspiracy 3. Machiavelli the
Conspirator? 4. Phenomenology and Anatomy of Conspiracy Part II: On
Conspiracies Niccolò Machiavelli Note on the Texts. On Conspiracies.
Description of the Methods Adopted by the Duke Valentino When Murdering
Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto da Fermo, the Signor Pagolo and the Duke di
Gravina Orsini. The Pazzi and the Conspiracy Against the Medici