Virtue Politics: Soulcraft And Statecraft In Renaissance Italy James Hankins Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

Winner Of The Helen And Howard Marraro Prizea Times Literary Supplement Book Year“Perhaps Greatest Study Ever Written Renaissance Political Thought ”—Jeffrey Collins Supplement“Magisterial…Hankins Shows That Humanists’ Obsession With Character Explains Their Surprising Indifference To Particular Forms Government If Rulers Lacked Authentic Virtue They Believed It Did Not Matter What Institutions Framed Power ”—Wall Street Journal“Puts Politics Back Into Humanism In An Extraordinarily Deep Far-Reaching Way…For Generations Come All Who Write About Italian Will Have Refer Its Influence Be…Nothing Less Than Transformative ”—Noel Malcolm American Affairs“[A] Masterpiece…It Is Only Hankins’s Tireless Exploration Forgotten Documents…And Extraordinary Endeavors Editing Translation Exposition Allow Us Reconstruct—Almost For First Time 550 Years—[The Humanists’] Three Compelling Arguments Why A Strong Moral Habits Truth Are Vital Governing Well Yet As Relevant Contemporary Democracy Britain United States Machiavelli ”—Rory Stewart Supplement“The Lessons Today Clear Profound ”—Robert D Kaplanconvulsed By Civilizational Crisis Great Thinkers Set Out Reconceive Nature Society Everywhere Saw Problems Corrupt Reckless Tyrants Sowing Discord Ruling Through Fear Elites Prized Wealth Status Over Common Good Religious Leaders Preoccupied Self-Advancement While Feuding Armies Waged Endless Wars Solution Was At Once Simple Radical “Men Walls Make City ” Thucydides So Memorably Said Would Rebuild Fabric Transforming Citizens Soulcraft Precondition Successful Statecraft Landmark Reappraisal Challenges Traditional Narrative Looks Seedbed Modern Republicanism Sees Exemplary Thinker James Hankins Reveals Most Concerned Humanists Reforming Much Shaping Mattered More Laws Be Nurtured New Program Education Called Studia Humanitatis: Precursor Our Embattled Humanities Σελίδες: 768 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0518 Διαστάσεις: 16 2X16 2Cm