{"product_id":"on-niccolo-machiavelli-9780231205559","title":"On Niccolò Machiavelli","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGabriele 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong 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. -- Axel Honneth, Jack B. Weinstein Professor of the Humanities, Columbia University\u003cbr\u003ePedullà's \u003ci\u003eOn Niccolo Machiavelli \u003c\/i\u003ewill 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. -- John P. McCormick, author of \u003ci\u003eReading Machiavelli: Scandalous Books, Suspect Engagements, and the Virtue of Populist Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn 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. -- Alison Brown, author of \u003ci\u003ePiero di Lorenzo de' Medici and the Crisis of Renaissance Italy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePedulla’s book serves as an excellent primer for Machiavelli’s work, offering the key through which to interpret his most controversial ideas. * ZME Science *\u003cbr\u003eBut even grizzled veterans will find interest in Pedullà’s portrait of the Secretary as a political animal who was also a non-conformist and a critic of conventional wisdom. * Claremont Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface: The Thinker of a Thousand Faces\u003cbr\u003e1. From Humanism to Politics\u003cbr\u003e2. The People’s Prince\u003cbr\u003e3. In the Garden with the Romans\u003cbr\u003e4. Comeback Kid\u003cbr\u003e5. Beyond\u003cbr\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003eFurther Readings\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400367776087,"sku":"9780231205559","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231205559.jpg?v=1730470513","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/on-niccolo-machiavelli-9780231205559","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}