Jeff Diamond

Ingratiation from the Renaissance to the Present (eBook, ePUB)

The Art and Ethics of Gaining Favor

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Ingratiation from the Renaissance to the Present explores a common ethical problem for intellectuals of the Renaissance: How does one win the favor and patronage of the wealthy and powerful and yet maintain one's dignity, independence, or principles? This study examines this and similar ethical dilemmas and how they were reflected in the lives and writings of intellectuals of the period-particularly Niccolò Machiavelli, Desiderius Erasmus, Thomas More, and Michel de Montaigne. It also places the issues within their larger social and cultural context and provides comparisons to the contemporary world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498548908
• Artikelnr.: 48567951

Autorenporträt

Jeff Diamond received a PhD in political science from McGill University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: An Ingratiating World
Part I: Background to the Renaissance Culture of Ingratiation
Chapter 1: Rhetoric and Philosophy in the Renaissance: Speaking Well Versus
Speaking Truly
Chapter 2: Relations of Power in Renaissance Society: Humanists and Patrons
Part II: Individuals
Chapter 3: Niccolò Machiavelli: A Conflicted Conception of Manhood
Chapter 4: Desiderius Erasmus: An Accommodating Spirit
Chapter 5: Thomas More: Ingratiation and its Limits
Chapter 6: Michel de Montaigne: "Self"-Preservation
Conclusion: From the Renaissance to the Modern World