Tyranny [electronic resource] : a new interpretation / Waller R. Newell, Carleton University.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.Description: x, 544 pSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 321.9 23
LOC classification:
  • JC381 .N43 2013
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Contents:
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.
Summary: "This is the first comprehensive exploration of ancient and modern tyranny in the history of political thought"--
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E-Book E-Book Reformational Study Centre General library 321.9 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) a new interpretation Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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"This is the first comprehensive exploration of ancient and modern tyranny in the history of political thought"--

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015.

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