| Guicciardini: Dialogue on the Government of Florence Contributor(s): Guicciardini, Francesco (Author), Brown, Alison (Editor), Geuss, Raymond (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521456231 ISBN-13: 9780521456234 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $45.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1994 Annotation: This is the first translation into English of Guicciardini's Dialogue on the Government of Florence. This dialogue presents what is arguably the most searching and comprehensive analysis of the politics of his times. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Italy - Political Science |
| Dewey: 945.410 |
| LCCN: 93029611 |
| Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.80 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first English translation of Guicciardini's Dialogue on the Government of Florence, written in the 1520s. Like Machiavelli, his more famous contemporary and friend, Guicciardini rejects classical republican arguments in the name of the new political realism and acknowledges the important role of patronage and graft in contemporary politics and the illegitimacy of nearly all forms of political power, arguing for the priority of state interest over private morality and religion. |