The Cambridge Companion to Machiavelli

John M. Najemy (Cornell University, New York)

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Cambridge University Press
24 June 2010

Literary studies: general; Literary studies: plays & playwrights; Philosophy; Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600; Politics & government; Political science & theory

Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) is the most famous and controversial figure in the history of political thought and one of the iconic names of the Renaissance. The Cambridge Companion to Machiavelli brings together sixteen original essays by leading experts, covering his life, his career in Florentine government, his reaction to the dramatic changes that affected Florence and Italy in his lifetime, and the most prominent themes of his thought, including the founding, evolution, and corruption of republics and principalities, class conflict, liberty, arms, religion, ethics, rhetoric, gender, and the Renaissance dialogue with antiquity. In his own time Machiavelli was recognized as an original thinker who provocatively challenged conventional wisdom. With penetrating analyses of The Prince, Discourses on Livy, Art of War, Florentine Histories, and his plays and poetry, this book offers a vivid portrait of this extraordinary thinker as well as assessments of his place in Western thought since the Renaissance.

Edited by: John M. Najemy (Cornell University New York)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 490g
ISBN: 9780521678469
ISBN 10: 0521678463
Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 24 June 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

John M. Najemy is Professor of History at Cornell University.

Reviews for The Cambridge Companion to Machiavelli

...with a splendid collection of essays that showcase the many ways in which politics and language merged seamlessly in Machiavelli's life and works. -MARK JURDJEVIC,Glendon College, York University