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On Machiavelli : the search for glory / Alan Ryan.

by Ryan, Alan, 1940-

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W.W. Norton & Company, c2014.

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527 -- Influence.

Political science -- Philosophy -- History.

Liveright classics.

9780871407054 (hc.)

0871407051 (hc.)

204 p. ; 20 cm.

"Portions previously published in On politics : a history of political thought from Herodotus to the present"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

"In On Machiavelli: The Search for Glory, Alan Ryan illuminates the political and philosophical complexities of the often-reviled godfather of realpolitik. Thought by some to be the founder of Italian nationalism, regarded by others to be a reviver of the Roman Republic as a model for the modern Western world, Machiavelli remains a contentious figure. Often outraging popular opinion with his insistence on the amoral nature of power, Machiavelli eschewed the world as it ought to be in favor of a forthright appraisal of the one that is. Perhaps more than any other thinker, Machiavelli has suffered from being taken out of context, and Ryan places him squarely within his own time and the politics of a Renaissance Italy riven by near-constant warfare among rival city-states and the papacy. "--From publisher.

Ryan, Alan, 1940- On politics.

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