The most famous book on politics ever written, _The Prince_ remains as
lively and shocking today as when it was written almost five hundred
years ago. Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and
a recommendation of tyranny, it has more recently been defended as the
first scientific treatment of politics as it is practiced rather than
as it ought to be practiced. Harvey C. Mansfield's brilliant
translation of this classic work, along with the new materials added
for this edition, make it the definitive version of _The Prince_,
indispensable to scholars, students, and those interested in the dark
art of politics.
This revised edition of Mansfield's acclaimed translation features an
updated bibliography, a substantial glossary, an analytic
introduction, a chronology of Machiavelli's life, and a map of Italy
in Machiavelli's time.
"Of the other available [translations], that of Harvey C. Mansfield
makes the necessary compromises between exactness and readability, as
well as providing an excellent introduction and notes."—Clifford
Orwin, _The Wall Street Journal_
"Mansfield's work . . . is worth acquiring as the best combination of
accuracy and readability."—_Choice_
"There is good reason to assert that Machiavelli has met his match in
Mansfield. . . . [He] is ready to read Machiavelli as he demands to be
read—plainly and boldly, but also cautiously."—John Gueguen, _The
Sixteenth Century Journal_
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ISBN
9780226500508
Publisert
2016
Utgave
2. utgave
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University of Chicago Press
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Engelsk
Format
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Digital bok
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