Second Edition
This text by Niccolò Machiavelli deals with politics in a scientific manner and challenges centuries-old assumptions. Originally criticized for its sinister maxims and alleged recommendation of tyranny, the work is now recognized as a fundamental analysis of political reality.
Description
This edition offers a thorough introduction to Machiavelli’s work, including an analytical introduction, a chronology of his life, a map of Italy in his time, and a letter to Vettori in which he discusses "The Prince." The work has more recently gained recognition as groundbreaking in the field of political-scientific thought.
Product details
- Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Imprint: University of Chicago Press
- Publication date: 1998-09-01
- Number of pages: 184
- ISBN: 9780226500447
- Subject: Essays
- BISAC: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays