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Tyranny [electronic resource] : a new interpretation / Waller R. Newell, Carleton University.

Newell, Waller Randy.
2013
JC381 .N43 2013
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Title
Tyranny [electronic resource] : a new interpretation / Waller R. Newell, Carleton University.
Author
Newell, Waller Randy.
ISBN
9781107010321
9781107610736
9781107347724 (electronic book)
Publication Details
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
x, 544 p.
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JC381 .N43 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
321.9
Summary
"This is the first comprehensive exploration of ancient and modern tyranny in the history of political thought"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments; Introduction: the conquest of eros; 1. The ontology of tyranny; 2. The tyrant and the statesman in Plato's political philosophy and Machiavelli's rejoinder; 3. Superlative virtue, monarchy, and political community in Aristotle's Politics; 4. Tyranny and the art of ruling in Xenophon's Education of Cyrus; 5. Machiavelli, Xenophon, and Xenophon's Cyrus; 6. Glory and reputation: Machiavelli's new prince; 7. The republic in motion: Machiavelli's vision of the new Rome; Conclusion: tyranny ancient and modern; Epilogue: the hermaneutical problem of tyranny; Bibliography.

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