Discourses on Livy by Peter E Bondanella

Discourses on Livy by Peter E Bondanella

"Discourses on Livy" (1531) is as essential to an understanding of Machiavelli as his famous treatise, "The Prince". Equally controversial, it reveals his fundamental preference for a republican state. Comparing the practice of the ancient Romans with that of his contemporaries provided Machiavelli with a consistent point of view in all his works. Machiavelli's close analysis of Livy's history of Rome led him to advance his most original and outspoken view of politics - the belief that a healthy body politic was characterized by social friction and conflict rather than by rigid stability. His discussion of conspiracies in "Discourses on Livy" is one of the most sophisticated treatments of archetypal political upheaval every written. In an age of increasing political absolutism, Machiavelli's theories became a dangerous ideology. This new translation is richly annotated, providing the contemporary reader with sufficient historical, linguistic, and political information to understand and interpret the revolutionary affirmations Machiavelli made, based on the historical evidence he found in Livy.

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ISBN 13	9780192804730
ISBN 10	0192804731
Titel	Discourses on Livy
Autor	Peter E Bondanella
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2003-02-01
Seitenanzahl	446
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