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03205aam a2200385 i 4500 001 62DA5806BEE311E3B118CA8BDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140408010112 008 130815s2014 njua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013017926 020 $a 0691160015 (hardback) 020 $a 9780691160016 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)841391662 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d TLE $d MUU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a JC143.M3946 $b V47 2014 082 00 $a 320.1 $2 23 084 $a PHI019000 $a HIS020000 $a HIS037090 $a PHI019000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Viroli, Maurizio. 245 10 $a Redeeming The prince : $b the meaning of Machiavelli's masterpiece / $c Maurizio Viroli. 264 1 $a Princeton : $b Princeton University Press, $c [2014] 300 $a xiv, 189 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 505 0 $a Introduction -- The prince as a redeemer -- A realist with imagination -- A great oration -- A prophet of emancipation -- Notes -- Index. 520 $a "In Redeeming "The Prince," one of the world's 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 and challenging scholarly consensus, Maurizio Viroli also provides a fresh introduction to the work. Seen from this original perspective, five centuries after its composition, The Prince offers new insights into the nature and possibilities of political liberation.Rather than a bible of unscrupulous politics, The Prince, Viroli argues, is actually about political redemption--a book motivated by Machiavelli's patriotic desire to see a new founding for Italy. Written in the form of an oration, following the rules of classical rhetoric, the book condenses its main message in the final section, "Exhortation to liberate Italy from the Barbarians." There Machiavelli creates the myth of a redeemer, an ideal ruler who ushers in an era of peace, freedom, and unity. Contrary to scholars who maintain that the exhortation was added later, Viroli proves that Machiavelli composed it along with the rest of the text, completing the whole by December 1513 or early 1514.Only if we read The Prince as a theory of political redemption, Viroli contends, can we at last understand, and properly evaluate, the book's most controversial pages on political morality, as well as put to rest the clicheÌ of Machiavelli as a "Machiavellian."Bold, clear, and provocative, Redeeming "The Prince" should permanently change how Machiavelli and his masterpiece are understood"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 600 10 $a Machiavelli, NiccoloÌ, $d 1469-1527. $t Principe. 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / Europe / Italy. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a PHILOSOPHY / Political. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 3 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240305041949.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718091503.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214014150.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=62DA5806BEE311E3B118CA8BDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search