Machiavelli: The Art of Teaching People What to Fear by Patrick Boucheron (Engli

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A sharp, witty biography that explores how Machiavelli's thought is key to understanding the political crisis of his time - and that of our own.

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We turn to Machiavelli at every tumultuous period in history - he is the one who knows how to philsophise in dark times. In fact, since his death in 1527, we have never stopped reading him, always to pull ourselves out of a torpor. But what do we really know about this man? Is there more to his work than that term for political evil, Machiavellianism?It was Machiavelli's luck to be disappointed by every statesman he encountered - that was why he had to create his paper Prince. Today, the question that remains is not why he wrote, but for whom - for princes or for those who want to resist them? What is the art of governing? Is it to take power, or to keep it?In this timely book, Patrick Boucheron undoes many of our assumptions about Machiavelli, showing how his rich, complex thought is key to understanding his time, and may be crucial to interrogating our own.

Author Biography

Patrick Boucheron, born in 1965, is a French historian. He previously taught medieval history at the Ecole normale superieure and the University of Paris, and is currently a professor of history at the College de France. He is the author of twelve books and the editor of five, including France in the World, which became a bestseller in France.

Long Description

We turn to Machiavelli at every tumultuous period in history - he is the one who knows how to philsophise in dark times. In fact, since his death in 1527, we have never stopped reading him, always to pull ourselves out of a torpor. But what do we really know about this man? Is there more to his work than that term for political evil, Machiavellianism? It was Machiavelli's luck to be disappointed by every statesman he encountered - that was why he had to create his paper Prince. Today, the question that remains is not why he wrote, but for whom - for princes or for those who want to resist them? What is the art of governing? Is it to take power, or to keep it? In this timely book, Patrick Boucheron undoes many of our assumptions about Machiavelli, showing how his rich, complex thought is key to understanding his time, and may be crucial to interrogating our own.

Details ISBN178227667X Author Willard Wood Short Title Machiavelli Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 178227667X ISBN-13 9781782276678 Subtitle The Art of Teaching People What to Fear Translator Willard Wood DEWEY 320.1092 UK Release Date 2020-09-03 Imprint Pushkin Press Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from French AU Release Date 2020-09-03 Pages 160 Publisher Pushkin Press Format Paperback Publication Date 2020-09-03 Audience General NZ Release Date 2020-09-28 We've got this

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