Peter Stacey

The State in Machiavelli

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This innovative study reconstructs Machiavelli's theory of the state as the core of his political philosophy. Spanning a millennium and a half of political, social, moral, rhetorical and aesthetic developments, Peter Stacey offers a new intellectual history of European political thought in which to contextualise Machiavelli's central concepts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 500
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009630320
• ISBN-10: 1009630326
• Artikelnr.: 74265327

Autorenporträt

Peter Stacey is Associate Professor in the History Department of University of California, Los Angeles and is the current holder of the Reill Chair in European History. His research focuses on the development of Renaissance political thought between the thirteenth and the sixteenth centuries. Stacey is the author of Roman Monarchy and the Renaissance Prince (Cambridge, 2007) and of numerous articles on ancient, medieval, Renaissance and early modern political thought.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the problem of lo stato in Machiavelli
Part I. The Concepts: 1. Definition, division and difference
2. Forma and materia
3. Freedom, slavery and the res publica
4. The persona civitatis
5. On benefits
6. The fortuna of fortuna
Part II. The Theory: 7. The formation of the theory from the Discorso sopra Pisa to Il Principe
8: The development of the theory in the Discorsi (i)
9. The development of the theory in the Discorsi (ii)
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.