Paul Oppenheimer

Machiavelli

A Life Beyond Ideology

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Produktbeschreibung

Niccolò di Bernardo Machiavelli is not only one of the most fascinating figures of the Italian Renaissance, an outstanding author and statesman, but indisputably one of its most influential political theorists, whose fundamental contributions to ideas of political power - as well as to the history of modern drama - remain astonishingly pertinent. His adventurous life led him to notable heights as a diplomat and reformer of the Florentine military, with his replacement of mercenaries by a citizen-militia. His fall, exile and eventual rehabilitation followed as briskly as his rise.

Unlike many innovative thinkers about politics, he developed his radical theories of treachery and social transformation, here explored in terms of their originality, in an atmosphere of violence. Based on his experience of government, his insights led to a shift from understanding statehood, war and society as forms of finitude and stasis to those of process.

All this unfolds in Paul Oppenheimer's compelling recreation of Machiavelli's life as he actually lived it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Continuum
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233.9999892mm
• Gewicht: 734g
• ISBN-13: 9781847252210
• ISBN-10: 1847252214
• Artikelnr.: 28926037

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations Preface Introduction: Modern Evil and the Sack of Rome Part I - Machiavelli and the Changing Universe 1. Family and Growing Up 2. Early Education 3. The Cosmic Package 4. Poetry, Music and Militarism 5. Murder in the Duomo 6. A Boyhood Excursion 7. The Lost Years 8. Poetry and the Medici 9. The Religious Revolution Part II - The World of War and Diplomacy 10. Executions and an Official Appointment 11. Caterina Sforza and the Crisis at Pisa 12. The Military Quandary 13. On the Move with the French King 14. The Long French Patience 15. Marriage and a Hint of Cesare Borgia 16. Meeting the Captain-General 17. Investigating the Sources of Power 18. Retribution and Dominance 19. Plans to Change the Arno 20. The First Journey to Rome 21. Cesare's Downfall and the First Decennale 22. Anarchy and the Citizen Militia 23. The German Enigma 24. Victory at Pisa 25. A Government Overthrown Part III - Into a Tuscan Exile 26. The Aftermath of Freedom 27. Making History at Sant'Andrea 28. Power and Memory 29. The Ambush of Love 30. Literary Adventures 31. Reflecting on the Craft of War 32. The Dream of History 33. Lights before the Storm 34. The Assault on Rome and a Fatal Illness Part IV - Epilogue: The Historical Afterglow Notes Bibliography Index

Rezensionen

There is a good analysis of [Machiavelli's] writings... this is a very scholarly volume... Oppenheimer has painted a vivid portrait of the instability of medieval Florence, which had its parallels in the upheavals of England under the reigns of Henry VIII and his children. The eight pages of black and white plates, mostly of contemporary images and documents, are well chosen. http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=Machiavelli:_A_Life_Beyond_Ideology_by_Paul_Oppenheimer The Bookbag