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The Garments of Court and Palace: Machiavelli and the World That He Made
By: Philip Bobbitt
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ISBN: 9781843546894 Publisher: Atlantic Books
Year of publishing: 2015 Format: Paperback
No of Pages: 9.99 Language: English
"The Prince, a political treatise by the Florentine public servant and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli, is widely regarded as the most important exploration of politics - and in particular the politics...Read more
"The Prince, a political treatise by the Florentine public servant and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli, is widely regarded as the most important exploration of politics - and in particular the politics of power - ever written. In Garments of Court and Palace, Philip Bobbitt, a preeminent and original interpreter of modern statecraft, presents a vivid portrait of Machiavelli's Italy and demonstrates how The Prince articulates a new idea of government that emerged during the Renaissance. Bobbitt argues that when The Prince is read alongside the Discourses, modern readers can see clearly how Machiavelli prophesied the end of the feudal era and the birth of a recognizably modern polity. As this book shows, publication of The Prince in 1532 represents nothing less than a revolutionary moment in our understanding of the place of the law and war in the creation and maintenance of the modern state."
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About the author: Philip Bobbitt
Review:With his profound knowledge of history, philosophy, politics and law, Professor Bobbitt has made a major contribution to penetrating the thought of Machiavelli and illuminating its context. This...Read more
With his profound knowledge of history, philosophy, politics and law, Professor Bobbitt has made a major contribution to penetrating the thought of Machiavelli and illuminating its context. This extraordinary intellectual endeavour may well become a new standard interpretation. --Henry Kissinger In the course of arguing for a view of Machiavelli as a constitutional theorist, Bobbitt provides a gripping account of his role in the tangled and dangerous politics of the time, including a detailed analysis of the complex role of the Borgias and the Medici... He presents a compelling picture of Machiavelli as someone unable to live by his own ideal of virtu: the vital energy a human being could use to achieve a partial victory over fate. --John Gray, New Statesman This is far from the first attempt to rescue Machiavelli from the adjective derived from his name, but it is an especially convincing one... Serious and thoughtful --Bill Emmott, The Times Bobbitt presents a pithy, eloquent argument for The Prince as a "constitutional tract" and Machiavelli as the "spiritual forefather" of the US Constitution... Well worth reading --Joanna Kavenna, Spectator Bobbitt's courageous book is the work of a thinking man. He performs a service in highlighting easily overlooked statements from Machiavelli about the need for healthy and durable forms of rule. --Blair Worden, Literary Review
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