Tyranny a new interpretation /
Newell, Waller R.
Tyranny a new interpretation / [Texte imprimé] : Waller R. Newell - Cambridge ; New York ; Melbourne [etc.] : Cambridge University Press, 2013 - 1 vol. (X-544 p.) : couv. ill. ; 24 cm
Bibliogr. p. 519-535
Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments; Introduction: the conquest of eros; 1. The ontology of tyranny; 2. The tyrant and the statesman in Plato's political philosophy and Machiavelli's rejoinder; 3. Superlative virtue, monarchy, and political community in Aristotle's Politics; 4. Tyranny and the art of ruling in Xenophon's Education of Cyrus; 5. Machiavelli, Xenophon, and Xenophon's Cyrus; 6. Glory and reputation: Machiavelli's new prince; 7. The republic in motion: Machiavelli's vision of the new Rome; Conclusion: tyranny ancient and modern; Epilogue: the hermaneutical problem of tyranny; Bibliography
"This is the first comprehensive exploration of ancient and modern tyranny in the history of political thought"--
978-1-107-01032-1
Despotism
321.9
Tyranny a new interpretation / [Texte imprimé] : Waller R. Newell - Cambridge ; New York ; Melbourne [etc.] : Cambridge University Press, 2013 - 1 vol. (X-544 p.) : couv. ill. ; 24 cm
Bibliogr. p. 519-535
Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments; Introduction: the conquest of eros; 1. The ontology of tyranny; 2. The tyrant and the statesman in Plato's political philosophy and Machiavelli's rejoinder; 3. Superlative virtue, monarchy, and political community in Aristotle's Politics; 4. Tyranny and the art of ruling in Xenophon's Education of Cyrus; 5. Machiavelli, Xenophon, and Xenophon's Cyrus; 6. Glory and reputation: Machiavelli's new prince; 7. The republic in motion: Machiavelli's vision of the new Rome; Conclusion: tyranny ancient and modern; Epilogue: the hermaneutical problem of tyranny; Bibliography
"This is the first comprehensive exploration of ancient and modern tyranny in the history of political thought"--
978-1-107-01032-1
Despotism
321.9