On Niccolò Machiavelli: The Bonds of Politics

Gabriele Pedullà

Published by Columbia University Press 2023

On Niccolò Machiavelli

The Bonds of Politics

Gabriele Pedullà

In the series Core Knowledge

https://doi.org/10.7312/pedu20554

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About this book

Gabriele Pedullà—a leading Italian expert and acclaimed writer—provides a vivid and engaging introduction to Machiavelli’s life and works that sheds new light on his originality and relevance.

Author / Editor information

Gabriele Pedullà is professor of Italian literature at the University of Roma Tre. His English-language books include In Broad Daylight: Movies and Spectators After the Cinema (2012) and Machiavelli in Tumult: The Discourses on Livy and the Origins of Political Conflictualism (2018). His publications in Italian include award-winning fiction as well as an annotated edition of The Prince.

Reviews

Alison Brown, author of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici and the Crisis of Renaissance Italy:
An immensely rich analysis of Machiavelli’s achievement that integrates his political and literary writings with his life and view of religion. More than that, it goes on to explain his contested legacy from the time of his death to his present relevance today, making it quite unrivaled in its scope and appeal to a global and multifocused readership.

John P. McCormick, author of Reading Machiavelli: Scandalous Books, Suspect Engagements, and the Virtue of Populist Politics:
Pedullà's On Niccolo Machiavelli will stand as the single most important introductory study of Machiavelli in any language. Covering biographical details and historical context as well as offering concise and astute analyses of Machiavelli's major writings, it is a work of great insight, depth, and originality.

Axel Honneth, Jack B. Weinstein Professor of the Humanities, Columbia University:
Among the many books one could read on Machiavelli over the last decades, this one strongly stands out. Eloquently written, incisively argued, and with a view on the past and the present, Pedullà succeeds in elaborating both the many merits and multiple flaws, the attractiveness and the perilousness of the theoretical work this Italian thinker and statesman bequeathed to us. Everyone interested in the energy room of politics should definitely read this brilliant book.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface: The Thinker of a Thousand Faces Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1. From Humanism to Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The People’s Prince Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
3. In the Garden with the Romans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
4. Comeback Kid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
5. Beyond Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
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Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: General/trade;
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- Other: 5 BW illustrations and 5 BW diagrams or maps

eBook

Published: October 12, 2023
ISBN: 9780231556057