The Discourses (Classics)

图书标准信息

• 作者 Machiavelli 著
• 出版社 Prentice Hall
• 出版时间 1984-05
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780140444285
• 定价 149.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 544页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

FewfiguresinintellectualhistoryhaveprovedasnotoriousandambiguousasNiccolòMachiavelli.ButwhilehistreatiseThePrincemadehisnamesynonymouswithautocraticruthlessnessandcynicalmanipulation,TheDiscourses(c.1517)showsaradicallydifferentoutlookontheworldofpolitics.InthiscarefullyarguedcommentaryonLivy’shistoryofrepublicanRome,Machiavelliproposedasystemofgovernmentthatwouldupholdcivicfreedomandsecuritybyinstillingthevirtuesofactivecitizenship,andthatwouldalsoencouragecitizenstoputtheneedsofthestateaboveselfish,personalinterests.Ambitiousinscope,butalsoclear-eyedandpragmatic,TheDiscoursescreatesamoderntheoryofrepublicpolitics.LeslieJ.Walker’sdefinitivetranslationhasbeenrevisedbyBrianRichardsonandisaccompaniedbyanintroductionbyBernardCrick,whichilluminatesMachiavelli’shistoricalcontextandhisnewtheoriesofpolitics.Thiseditionalsoincludessuggestionsforfurtherreadingandnotes.

【作者简介】

NiccoloMachivaelli(1469-1527)wasappointedsecretarytotheFlorentineRepublicin1498.Hewasdismissedfromthispostin1512andforcedtowithdrawfrompubliclife,afterwhichtimehewroteThePrince,ahandbookforrulers.LeslieWalkertranslatedmanytextsfromItalianoverthecourseofadistinguishedcareer.