"This is a revised and translated edition of Conflit Civil et Liberte: la Politique Machiavelienne entre Histoire et Medecine, first published in French, in 2004 by Editions Honore Champion."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Describing hot societies -- Tumult in the city: neither to abuse, nor to deride, but to understand -- On institutions favourable to freedom: Machiavelli's use of humoural theory -- Corruption and the ethos of freedom -- Rome, inimitable paradigm -- Machiavelli as a mirror for contemporary democracy, or how to ruminate on his writings.
