Machiavelliana : the living Machiavelli in modern mythologies /
In Machiavelliana Michael Jackson and Damian Grace offer a comprehensive study of the uses and abuses of Niccolò Machiavelli's name in society generally and in academic fields distant from his intellectual origins. It assesses the appropriation of Machiavelli in didactic works in management, so...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill-Rodopi,
2018.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9789004365513 9004365516 |
| ISSN: | 0929-8436 ; |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | In Machiavelliana Michael Jackson and Damian Grace offer a comprehensive study of the uses and abuses of Niccolò Machiavelli's name in society generally and in academic fields distant from his intellectual origins. It assesses the appropriation of Machiavelli in didactic works in management, social psychology, and primatology, scholarly texts in leaderships studies, as well as novels, plays, commercial enterprises, television dramas, operas, rap music, Mach IV scales, children's books, and more. The book audits, surveys, examines, and evaluates this Machiavelliana against wider claims about Machiavelli. It explains the origins of Machiavelli's reputation and the spread of his fame as the foundation for the many uses and misuses of his name. They conclude by redressing the most persistent distortions of Machiavelli. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Series: | Value inquiry book series, Philosophy, literature, and politics
Volume 317. |
| Library Staff: | View instance in FOLIO |