| The Materiality of Res Publica: How to Do Things with Publics Contributor(s): Colas, Dominique (Editor), Kharkhordin, Oleg (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1443809586 ISBN-13: 9781443809580 Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing OUR PRICE: $75.19 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Social Science |
| Dewey: 321.860 |
| LCCN: 2009529256 |
| Physical Information: 301 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For the last 100 years, political science has traditionally concentrated on the publica part of the expression res publica, conceiving this notion as a form of government opposed to, say, monarchy. However, the Ancients and citizens of Renaissance republics were just as attentive to the res part of the expression. The goal of this richly illustrated volume-containing 94 images-is to draw attention to this res, things and affairs that bring people together. The book first focuses on the central role played by the Rialto Bridge in Venice and by the main bridge in Novgorod the Great in the lives of the respective republics. It includes studies of res in other res publicae: an analysis of the republican icon of a woman crowned with ramparts found in three European cities; and a detailed study of iconography figuring Hobbes' theory of res publica. |
