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001 2012028449
003 DLC
005 20130818154843.0
008 120806s2013 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012028449
020 $a9781107010321 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aJC381$b.N43 2013
082 00 $a321.9$223
084 $aPHI019000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aNewell, Waller Randy.
245 10 $aTyranny :$ba new interpretation /$cWaller R. Newell, Carleton University..
264 1 $aCambridge :$bCambridge University Press,$c2013.
300 $ax, 544 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"This is the first comprehensive exploration of ancient and modern tyranny in the history of political thought"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Acknowledgments; Introduction: the conquest of eros; 1. The ontology of tyranny; 2. The tyrant and the statesman in Plato's political philosophy and Machiavelli's rejoinder; 3. Superlative virtue, monarchy, and political community in Aristotle's Politics; 4. Tyranny and the art of ruling in Xenophon's Education of Cyrus; 5. Machiavelli, Xenophon, and Xenophon's Cyrus; 6. Glory and reputation: Machiavelli's new prince; 7. The republic in motion: Machiavelli's vision of the new Rome; Conclusion: tyranny ancient and modern; Epilogue: the hermaneutical problem of tyranny; Bibliography.
650 0 $aDespotism.
650 7 $aPHILOSOPHY / Political.$2bisacsh