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Machiavelli - The Art of Teaching People What to Fear (Paperback): Willard Wood

Machiavelli - The Art of Teaching People What to Fear (Paperback)

Willard Wood; Patrick Boucheron

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We turn to Machiavelli at every tumultuous period in history - he is the one who knows how to philosophize in dark times. In fact, since his death in 1527, we have never stopped reading him, always to pull ourselves out of a torpor. But what do we really know about this man? Is there more to his work than that term for political evil, Machiavellianism? It was Machiavelli's luck to be disappointed by every statesman he encountered - that was why he had to create his paper Prince. Today, the question that remains is not why he wrote, but for whom - for princes or for those who want to resist them? What is the art of governing? Is it to take power, or to keep it? In this timely book, Patrick Boucheron undoes many of our assumptions about Machiavelli, showing how his rich, complex thought is key to understanding his time, and may be crucial to interrogating our own.

General

Imprint: Pushkin Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 2020
Translators: Willard Wood
Authors: Patrick Boucheron
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 978-1-78227-667-8
Languages: English
Subtitles: French
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General
LSN: 1-78227-667-X
Barcode: 9781782276678

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