En este libro, Maurizio Viroli reconstruye el significado histórico de los términos nacionalismo y patriotismo para mostrarnos cómo se han utilizado estos dos conceptos dentro de contextos culturales e ideológicos especí...
El Republicanismo es probablemente la tradición que mayor influencia ha ejercido en la historia del pensamiento político occidental. Desde Cicerón en la Roma antigua hasta la actualidad, pasando por el republicanismo clásico...
Entre finales del siglo XVI y principios del siglo XVII el lenguaje político se transformó de manera radical. En esta magnífica monografía, Maurizio Viroli, renombrado especialista mundial en historia del pensamiento polí...
Existeix una antiga utopia de la llibertat -nascuda a Itàlia amb Maquiavel i les repúbliques lliures- que mira de superar els límits tant del socialisme com del liberalisme. Però per poder realitzar el republicanisme no n'hi...
In Redeeming "The Prince , " one of the worlds leading Machiavelli scholars puts forth a startling new interpretation of arguably the most influential but widely misunderstood book in the Western political tradition. Overturning popular misconceptions...
Based upon Machiavelli's first-hand experience as an emissary of the Florentine Republic to the courts of Europe, The Prince analyses the usually violent means by which men seize, retain, and lose political power. This fluent new translation is acc...
To many readers of The Prince , Machiavelli appears to be deeply un-Christian or even anti-Christian, a cynic who thinks rulers should use religion only to keep their subjects in check. But in Machiavelliâs God , Maurizio Viroli, one...
Niccolo Machiavelli (1459-1527) is one of the influential modern political thinkers. This work shows that Machiavaelli taught instead the best way to attain glory through political action and that his works were inspired by love of republican liberty....
The authors explore a range of themes relating to the idea of the republic and some major political and ethical issues. They reflect on republicanism, patriotism, civil virtue, rights, duties and religious experience.
Nationalism and patriotism are two of the most powerful forces shaping world history. Though seen by many as two sides of the same coin, they can and must be distinguished. Reconstructing the historical meaning of the terms, Maurizio Viroli shows that...