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From Politics to Reason of State
Cambridge University Press 1992; US$ 55.00This study fills a notable gap in the history of political thought. more...
As If God Existed
Princeton University Press 2012; US$ 39.50Religion and liberty are often thought to be mutual enemies: if religion has a natural ally, it is authoritarianism--not republicanism or democracy. But in this book, Maurizio Viroli, a leading historian of republican political thought, challenges this conventional wisdom. He argues that political emancipation and the defense of political liberty... more...
Machiavelli's God
Princeton University Press 2010; US$ 57.50To many readers of The Prince , Machiavelli appears to be deeply un-Christian or even anti-Christian, a cynic who thinks rulers should use religion only to keep their subjects in check. But in Machiavelli's God , Maurizio Viroli, one of the world's leading authorities on Machiavelli, argues that Machiavelli, far from opposing Christianity, thought... more...
The Liberty of Servants
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 27.95Italy is a country of free political institutions, yet it has become a nation of servile courtesans, with Silvio Berlusconi as their prince. This is the controversial argument that Italian political philosopher and noted Machiavelli biographer Maurizio Viroli puts forward in The Liberty of Servants . Drawing upon the classical republican conception... more...
The Prince
Oxford University Press, UK 2005; US$ 5.99Based upon Machiavelli's first-hand experience as an emissary of the Florentine Republic to the courts of Europe, The Prince analyses the usually violent means by which men seize, retain, and lose political power. This fluent new translation is accompanied by comprehensive notes and an introduction that dispels some of the myths associated with... more...
Machiavelli and Republicanism
Cambridge University Press 1991; US$ 32.00Some of the world's foremost historians of ideas consider Machiavelli's political thought in the larger context of the republican tradition. more...
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