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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Filippo Del Lucchese , Filippo Del Lucchese (Brunel University Brunel University, London Brunel University, London)Publisher: Edinburgh University Press Imprint: Edinburgh University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.346kg ISBN: 9781474404280ISBN 10: 1474404286 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 30 April 2015 Audience: General/trade , General , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface; Part I: The Red Dawn of Modernity; 1: The Storm; Part II: A Political Philosophy; 2: The philosopher; 3: The Discourses on Livy; 4: The Prince; 5: History as Politics; 6: War as an art; Part III: Legacy, Reception, and Influence; 7: Authority, conflict, and the origin of the State (16th - 18th centuries),; 8: Nationalism and class conflict (19th-20th centuries); Chronology; Notes; References; Index.ReviewsDel Lucchese's reading of Machiavelli is an exemplary interpretation. It is a highly readable and engaging account of Machiavelli that is both scholarly and plausible. Importantly, it shows how Machiavelli has much to say about the practice of politics and the nature of historical developments in the early modern, and indeed the late modern, world. This is more than enough to be going on with. --Gary Browning, Oxford Brookes University, Radical Philosophy Del Lucchese's reading of Machiavelli is an exemplary interpretation. It is a highly readable and engaging account of Machiavelli that is both scholarly and plausible. Importantly, it shows how Machiavelli has much to say about the practice of politics and the nature of historical developments in the early modern, and indeed the late modern, world. This is more than enough to be going on with. --Gary Browning, Oxford Brookes University, <em>Radical Philosophy</em> Author InformationFilippo Del Lucchese is Lecturer in History of Political Thought at Brunel University, London; Senior Research Associate, University of Johannesburg, and Chair at the College International de Philosophie in Paris. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |