Melancholy of Power Perception of Tyranny in European Political Culture of the 16th Century
The book discusses how the most severe abuses of political power, traditionally termed from the ancient times as 'tyranny', were presented in 16th century political philosophy, propaganda, and literature in Italy, France, England, Scotland, German countries, and Poland-Lithuania. Using a u...
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| Format: | Electronisk Book Chapter |
| Sprog: | engelsk |
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Bern
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
2021
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| Serier: | Studies in History, Memory and Politics
41 |
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| Online adgang: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | The book discusses how the most severe abuses of political power, traditionally termed from the ancient times as 'tyranny', were presented in 16th century political philosophy, propaganda, and literature in Italy, France, England, Scotland, German countries, and Poland-Lithuania. Using a unique interdisciplinary methodology, the book is both timeless and timely as it demonstrates various approaches of acknowledged Renaissance intellectuals to the problem of tyranny and how best to avoid or fight it. The author consciously avoids categories of the classic history of ideas or political thought and instead reveals broader intellectual and cultural connections in the perception of tyranny in the 16th century and its impact on modern debates on different dangers of political abuses of power. |
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| Fysisk beskrivelse: | 1 electronic resource (502 p.) |
| ISBN: | b18167 9783631849514 9783631849941 9783631849958 9783631846957 |
| Adgang: | Open Access |