Description: Further DetailsTitle: Discourses on LivyCondition: NewEAN: 9780199555550ISBN: 9780199555550Publisher: Oxford University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 12/11/2008Item Height: 196mmItem Length: 128mmItem Width: 20mmLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 0199555559Description: Discourses on Livy (1531) is as essential to an understanding of Machiavelli as his famous treatise, The Prince. Equally controversial, it reveals his fundamental preference for a republican state. Comparing the practice of the ancient Romans with that of his contemporaries provided Machiavelli with a consistent point of view in all his works. Machiavelli's close analysis of Livy's history of Rome led him to advance his most original and outspoken view of politics - the belief that a healthy body politic was characterized by social friction and conflict rather than by rigid stability. His discussion of conspiracies in Discourses on Livy is one of the most sophisticated treatments of archetypal political upheaval every written. In an age of increasing political absolutism, Machiavelli's theories became a dangerous ideology.This new translation is richly annotated, providing the contemporary reader with sufficient historical, linguistic, and political information to understand and interpret the revolutionary affirmations Machiavelli made, based on the historical evidence he found in Livy.The complete Livy in English, available in five volumes from Oxford World's Classics. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBTranslator: Julia Conaway Bondanella, Peter BondanellaContributor: Julia Conaway Bondanella (Translated by), Peter Bondanella (Translated by)Genre: Law & PoliticsBook Series: Oxford World's ClassicsAuthor: Niccolo MachiavelliItem Weight: 317gRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Discourses on Livy
Title: Discourses on Livy
EAN: 9780199555550
ISBN: 9780199555550
Release Date: 12/11/2008
Release Year: 2008
ISBN-10: 0199555559
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Translator: Peter Bondanella
Contributor: Peter Bondanella (Translated by)
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Book Title: Discourses on Livy
Number of Pages: 448 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Topic: Ancient / Rome, History & Theory, Political, European / Italian
Publication Year: 2009
Item Height: 0.8 in
Genre: Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Political Science, History
Item Weight: 11.2 Oz
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli, Julia Conaway Bondanella, Peter Bondanella
Item Length: 7.7 in
Item Width: 5 in
Book Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
