Erica Benner

Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli in His World

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In the five hundred years since he wrote The Prince, Machiavelli's name has been linked to tyranny and the doctrine that the ends justify the means. But that is not what he stood for. In Be Like the Fox, Erica Benner takes us back to Renaissance Florence, where newly liberated citizens fought to build a free republic after the Medici princes were exiled. Machiavelli dedicated his life to this struggle for freedom. But despite his heroic efforts, the Medici soon swept back into power. Forced out of politics and prevented from speaking freely, Machiavelli had to use his skills of foxlike dissimulation to defend democracy in an era of tyrannical… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-393-35581-9
EAN: 9780393355819
Produktnummer: 24196696
Verlag: W W Norton & Co
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 384 S.
Masse: H20.8 cm x B13.9 cm x D2.7 cm 309 g
Gewicht: 309

Über den Autor

Erica Benner lives in Berlin. She is the author of several books, including Machiavelli's Ethics and Machiavelli's Prince: A New Reading. Formerly a Fellow at Yale University, Benner taught for many years at Oxford University and the London School of Economics.