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Machiavelli's New Modes and Orders : A Study of the Discourses on Livy
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Machiavelli's New Modes and Orders : A Study of the Discourses on Livy Paperback - 2001

by Mansfield, Harvey C., Jr., Mansfield, Harvey C

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  • Title Machiavelli's New Modes and Orders : A Study of the Discourses on Livy
  • Author Mansfield, Harvey C., Jr., Mansfield, Harvey C
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition New edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 460
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL
  • Date 2001-04-15
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 8209077-6
  • ISBN 9780226503707 / 0226503704
  • Weight 1.36 lbs (0.62 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.04 x 1 in (22.86 x 15.34 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Cultural Region: Italy
  • Library of Congress subjects Political science, Livy
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00048012
  • Dewey Decimal Code 937

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The first proemium or preface introduces Book I, not the whole work; there is another preface to Book II that differs pronouncedly from this one, but none to Book III, for which we no longer need one.

From the rear cover

In the only full-length interpretive study of Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy, Harvey C. Mansfield provides a chapter-by-chapter commentary of this controversial and ambiguous work. Mansfield argues that Machiavelli's new modes and orders were intended to undermine the classical and Christian foundations of political philosophy and establish a new foundation not only for modern political philosophy, but for modern politics as well.

This penetrating study, wrought by one of Machiavelli's foremost interpreters, uncovers the hidden intricacies of the Discourses. It will inform and challenge its readers at every step.

About the author

Harvey C. Mansfield is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government at Harvard University. He is the author of Machiavelli's Virtue and has translated The Prince, Discourses on Livy (with Nathan Tarcov), and Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America (with Delba Winthrop), all published by the University of Chicago Press.

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