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Machiavelli's God / Maurizio Viroli ; translated by Antony Shugaar.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Series: Book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 310 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781400835034
  • 1400835038
  • 9780691154497
  • 069115449X
Uniform titles:
  • Dio di Machiavelli e il problema morale dell'Italia. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Machiavelli's God.DDC classification:
  • 172 22
LOC classification:
  • JC143.M4 V5213 2010eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
MACHIAVELLI'S GOD; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE -- HIS GOD; CHAPTER TWO -- THE POWER OF WORDS; CHAPTER THREE -- THE REPUBLIC AND ITS RELIGION; CHAPTER FOUR -- MACHIAVELLI AND THE RELIGIOUS AND MORAL REFORMATION OF ITALY; INDEX.
Summary: 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 Machiavelli's God, Maurizio Viroli, one of the world's leading authorities on Machiavelli, argues that Machiavelli, far from opposing Christianity, thought it was crucial to republican social and political renewal--but that first it needed to be renewed itself. And without understanding this, Viroli contends, it is impossible to comprehend Machiavelli's thought.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)329843

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 Machiavelli's God, Maurizio Viroli, one of the world's leading authorities on Machiavelli, argues that Machiavelli, far from opposing Christianity, thought it was crucial to republican social and political renewal--but that first it needed to be renewed itself. And without understanding this, Viroli contends, it is impossible to comprehend Machiavelli's thought.

Print version record.

MACHIAVELLI'S GOD; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE -- HIS GOD; CHAPTER TWO -- THE POWER OF WORDS; CHAPTER THREE -- THE REPUBLIC AND ITS RELIGION; CHAPTER FOUR -- MACHIAVELLI AND THE RELIGIOUS AND MORAL REFORMATION OF ITALY; INDEX.