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Author Newell, Waller Randy.

Title Tyranny : a new interpretation / Waller R. Newell, Carleton University.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  321.9 N449t 2013    ---  Available
1 copy being processed for Axe Acquisitions Order.
Description x, 544 pages ; 24 cm
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Summary "This is the first comprehensive exploration of ancient and modern tyranny in the history of political thought"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: The conquest of eros -- Is there an ontology of tyranny? -- The tyrant and the statesman in Plato's political philosophy and Machiavelli's rejoinder -- Superlative virtue, monarchy, and political community in Aristotle's Politics -- Tyranny and the art of ruling in Xenophon's Education of Cyrus -- Machiavelli, Xenophon, and Xenophon's Cyrus -- Glory and reputation : the new prince -- The republic in motion : Machiavelli's vision of the new Rome -- Conclusion: Tyranny ancient and modern -- Epilogue: The hermeneutical problem of tyranny.
Subject Despotism.
Despotism. (OCoLC)fst00891415
ISBN 9781107010321 (hardback)
1107010322 (hardback)
9781107610736 (pbk.)
1107610737 (pbk.)

 
    
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