Böcker av Cary J. Nederman

This volume considers how the philosophies of Greek and Roman antiquity shaped - and were reformulated by - the work of medieval ethical and political theorists. They represent an effort to gain a cross-disciplinary perspective on the infiltration of classical learning during the Latin Middle Ages.

Liberal thinker or immoral pragmatist? You decide…Machiavelli has been among the most commented upon, criticized and feared thinkers of the modern world. Infamous for his support of brutality and repression as valid political instruments, he is often portrayed as the pantomime villain of political theorists. In this whirlwind tour of Machiavelli's writings and eventful life, Nederman highlights the complexities in his thought, showing that he actually advocated democracy as much as dictatorship, debate as much as violence, depending upon prevailing political conditions.

Examines some of the salient historiographical and conceptual issues that animate various debates about the nature of the medieval contribution to modern Western political ideas. This book includes three sections that address salient themes that illustrate continuity and change: Dissent and Power, Empire and Republic, and Political Economy.