Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince on The Art of Power The New Illustrated Edition of the Renaissance Masterpiece on Leadership

by Marriott, J.W.; Nederman, Cary J.

• ISBN13: 9781844838028
• ISBN10: 1844838021
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-07
• Publisher: Duncan Baird

Summary

With a scene-setting historical introduction, this newly translated and illustrated edition of a classic work is an essential addition to any home library. Written in 1512,The Princeis the masterpiece by Florentine political philosopher, poet, and playwright Niccolo Machiavelli. Although Machiavelli's book has been frequently misunderstood as a manual for unprincipled manipulators and tyrants, careful reading reveals that it actually identifies freedom as an essential characteristic of a good society. In fact, much of Machiavelli's republican thought can be identified in the American constitution, and many of his ideassuch as the belief that life is subject to change and that the winners will be those flexible enough to adaptremain as applicable today as they were half a millennium ago. - This edition combines fine photographic illustrations with a new translation of one of the great literary works of history, together with a fascinating and insightful 1827 essay on Machiavelli by the great historian Thomas B. Macaulay - Part of the popularArt of...series, featuring beautiful packaging, silk covers, and a gifty look - A classic text that critically examines the relationship between moral goodness and legitimate authority, setting out timeless principles for pursuing power and fortune and using them to best effect in securing order and peace - Machiavelli's secular values and ethical insights are supremely relevant todaylaying bare the self-interested nature of human conduct and underlining the idea that appearances can be as effective as actions

Author Biography

Cary J. Nederman was born: May 6, 1957 in Pittsburgh, PA. Nederman is professor and director of graduate studies in the department of political science at Texas A&M University, College Station.  His research concentrates on the history of Western political thought, with a focus on Greek, Roman, and early European ideas up to the seventeenth century.  He illuminates the relationship between historical traditions and contemporary concerns. Nederman is presently pursuing several lines of research.  He plans to continue work on the early history of political economy that has already yielded several published articles.  He is also investigating the origins of European nationalism in late medieval and early modern political thought, a project that he hopes will lead to a book manuscript.  Moreover, he continues to work on topics in medieval rhetoric and the reception of classical political ideas in the Latin Middle Ages.