Publishing the Prince : history, reading, & the birth of political criticism / Jacob Soll.

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JA83 .S594 2005

Author/Creator:

Soll, Jacob, 1968-

Language:

English

Imprint:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2005.

Format:

Note:

"Catalog of works by Abraham-Nicolas de La Houssaye" (p. 171-175).

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-195) and index.

Contents:

List of Illustrations-- Chapter 1. Political Theory as Textual Criticism-- Chapter 2. How to Teach Kings to Read History: Humanist Culture and the Disenchantment of Absolutist Power-- Chapter 3. Political Power in the Archives: From Reason of State to Critical History-- Chapter 4. In the Workshop of Politics: Amelot de La Houssaye and the Methods of Unmasking Venice-- Chapter 5. How to Read a Subversive: Decoding Reason of State of the Self-- Chapter 6. The Machiavellian Reformation: Critical Technologies of Reading and the Culture of Personal Prudence-- Chapter 7. An Enlightened Prince Reads Machiavelli, and a Philosophe Publishes The Prince-- Notes-- Catalog of Works by Nicolas-Abraham Amelot de La Houssaye-- Bibliography-- Index.
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ISBN:

0472114735
9780472114733